Research Article

Conventional and Indigenous Biodiversity Conservation Approach: A Comparative Study of Jachie Sacred Grove and Nkrabea Forest Reserve

Table 1

A checklist of plant species and their relative abundance in Nkrabea forest reserve.

FamilySpeciesTotal% relative dominance

Nkrabea forest reserve

AnacardiaceaeAntrocaryon micraster12.27
ApocynaceaeAlstonia boonei12.27
CombretaceaeTerminalia superba24.54
FabaceaeBerlinia occidentalis12.27
MalvaceaeCeiba petandra24.54
Nesogordonia papaverifera12.27
Sterculia oblonga12.27
Triplochiton scleroxylon715.9

MimosaceaePiptadeniastrum africanum12.27
MeliaceaeEntandrophragma angolense12.27
Entandrophragma utile12.27

MyristicaceaePycnanthus angolensis24.54

UlmaceaeCeltis mildbraedii1943.18

Jachie sacred grove

FabaceaeAlbizia adianthifolia32.83
Albizia ferruginea21.89
Albizia zygia21.89
Alstonia boonei65.66

MoraceaeAntiaris toxicaria43.77
Blighia sapida65.66

MeliaceaeCedrela odorata10.94
Entandrophragma angolense21.89

MalvaceaeCeiba petandra76.6
Cola nitida10.94
Sterculia rhinopetala109.43
Sterculia tragacantha32.83
Bombax buonopozense10.94
Triplochiton scleroxylon76.6

UlmaceaeCeltis mildbraedii2523.58
Celtis zenkeri98.49

SterculiaceaeCola gigantean76.6

AnacardiaceaeLannea welwitschii21.89

MyristicaceaePycnanthus angolensis54.72

EuphorbiaceaeRicinodendron heudelotii10.94

OlacaceaeStrombosia glaucescens10.94

CombretaceaeTerminalia superba21.89

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