Physicochemical Characteristics and Microbiological Quality of Honey Produced in Benin

Table 1

Characteristics of the different areas of the phytogeographic Benin.

Characteristics	Areas
	Sudanian	Sudano-Guinean	Guinean
Latitude	8°10°–12°10	7°30′–8°40	6°15′ and 7°30E
Longitude	1°15′–3°45′	1°40–3°45′E	1°45′–2°45, N
Pluviometry and temperature	900–1100 mm	900–1100 mm	1200–1300 mm
	24°C–31°C	25°C–29°C	25°C to 29°C
Seasons	Unimodal regime	(i) Two rainy seasons	(i) Two rainy seasons
		(ii) Two dry seasons	(ii) Two dry seasons
Moisture in the air	18%–99%	31% to 98%	69%–97%
Soil	Drained soils	Ferruginous soils	Ferralitics, alluvial, and vertisols
	Hydromorphic soils
	Breastplates
	Ferralitics
	Lithosols
Plant formations	(i) Savannas	(i) Clear forests	(i) Moist forests semideciduous
	(ii) Forest galleries	(ii) Wooded savannas or shrubs	(ii) Swamp forests
	(iii) Dry forests to Combretaceae	(iii) Forests	(iii) Coastal savannas
Characteristic species	(i) Isoberlinia doka; (ii) I. tomentosa; (iii) Adansonia digitata; (iv) Pterocarpus erinaceus; (v) Erythrophleum guineense; (vi) Amblygonocarpus andongensis; (vii) Swartzia madagascariensis	(i) Daniellia oliveri; (ii) Parkia biglobosa; (iii) Terminalia glaucescens; (iv) Anogeissus leiocarpa; (v) Acacia campylacantha; (vi) Terminalia macroptera; (vii) Isoberlinia doka; (viii) Detarium microcarpum	(i) Ceiba pentandra; (ii) Afzelia Africana; (iii) Triplochiton scleroxylon and Anogeissus leiocarpus; (iv) Antiaris toxicaria(v) Milicia excelsa; (vi) Terminalia superba; (vii) Celtis zenkeri