Assessment of the Diversity of Medico-Magic Knowledge on Four Herbaceous Species in Benin

Table 1

Sources of the study species according to traders.

	Purchase in their markets	Purchase in nearby markets	Purchase in distant markets	Purchase in gardens	Collection from the wild populations	Collection from own gardens
	RFC (%)	RFC (%)	RFC (%)	RFC (%)	RFC (%)	RFC (%)
Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn.	83	17	50	6	33	0
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.	72	11	50	17	0	6
Momordica charantia L.	78	11	44	0	44	6
Scoparia dulcis L.	56	11	33	0	44	0

RFC (%) = relative frequency citation (%). Number of traders = 36.