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Table 3 Use value of C. albidum according to ethnic group, gender and age category

From: Ethno-botanical study of the African star apple (Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don) in the Southern Benin (West Africa)

 

Ethnic group

Gender

Age category

 

Aizo

Fon

U

P

Women

Men

U

P

Young

Adult

Old

H

P

Medicinal

0.81

0.56

3768

0.27

0.26

0.96

3752

0.00***

0.05

1.19

1.53

50.99

0.00***

Firewood

0.95

1.22

3633

0.24

1.26

0.87

3092

0.01**

0.94

0.97

1.00

0.11

0.95

Timber

0.12

0.01

3736

0.90

0.09

0.11

3394

0.85

0.05

0.11

0.21

0.97

0.62

Food

2.96

2.90

3752

0.75

2.96

2.97

3385

0.91

2.95

2.97

3

0.1

0.95

OUV

4.84

4.69

  

4.57

4.91

  

3.99

5.24

5.74

  
  1. OUV= Overall use value, U = Mann–Whitney Statistics, H = Kruskal-Wallis statistics, P = Level of significance;
  2. ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001.
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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