Species Diversity, Growth, Status, and Biovolume of Taia River Riparian Forest in Southern Sierra Leone: Implications for Community-Based Conservation

Table 3

Numbers of individual species collected, their plant families, and botanical names.

Family	Genera	Scientific name	Individual trees	Species per family
Anacardiaceae	1	Spondias mombin	11	1
Mimosaceae	2	Albizia, Ferruginea	47	4
		Albezia zygia
		Albezia adianthifolia
		Piptadensiastrum Africanum
Meliaceae	1	Trichilia, Heudilotii	96	2
		Trichilia lantana
Caesalpiniaceae	3	Afzelia Africana	38	4
		Dialum, Pubeguinii
		Dialim guineasis
		Cassiavsieberia
Apocyanaceae	3	Rauvolfia vomitoria	72	3
		Funtumia Africana
		Alstonia boonei
Sapotaceae	1	Synsepalous brevepis	28	1
Annonaceae	2	Cleistopholis patens	12	3
		Xylopia aethiopica
		Xylopia quintasii
Boraginaceae	1	Cardia platythyrsa	14	2
		Cardia platyfolis
Moraceae	3	Ficus mucoso	71	4
		Ficus vogelii
		Melicia regia
		Merianthus arboreus
Ixonanthaceae	1	Octhocosmos africanus	9	1
Ebanaceae	1	Dyospyros eloitii	3	2
		Dyrospyros heudelotii
Myristicaceae	1	Pycnanthus angolensis	31	1
Loganiaceae	1	Anthocleista vogelii	4	2
		Antholeista djaloneasis
Myrsinaceae	1	Maesa lanceolata	41	1
Dracaenaceae	1	Dracaena alliotii	9	4
		Dracaena ovate
		Dracaena fragans
		Dracaena heudelotii
Bombacaceae	1	Ceiba pentandra	8	1
Burseraceae	1	Canarium schweinfurthii	3	1
Rubiaceae	1	Chassalia carolifera	13	1
Papilionaceae	1	Pterocarpus santalinoides	23	1
Sterculiaceae	2	Cola lateritia	39	3
		Cola gigantean
		Sterculia trigacantha
Euphorbiaceae	2	Drypetes aubrevillei	11	2
		Macaranga hurifolia
Rosaceae	1	Parinari excelsa	2	1
Irvingiaceae	1	Klainedoxe gabonensis	2	1
Combretaceae	1	Terminalia ivorensis	1	1
Rhizophoraceae	1	Anisophyllea laurina	1	1
25	37	49	602	49