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Table 4 Ethnomedicinal cultural similarity between Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories

From: Ethnobotanical characterization of medicinal plants used in Kisantu and Mbanza-Ngungu territories, Kongo-Central Province in DR Congo

Ethnic groups/regions

Parameter

Kisantu

Mbanza-Ngungu (Urban area)

Mbanza-Ngungu (Rural area)

Number of species inventoried

Number of diseases recorded

Kisantu

a

-

60

13

  

b

-

89

86

  

c

-

74

77

163

71

d

-

12

24

  

e

-

32

27

  

RSI

-

5.7%

15.8

  

Mbanza-Ngungu (urban & rural areas)

a

58

-

-

  

b

68

-

-

  

c

105

-

-

173

72

d

33

-

-

  

e

40

-

-

  

RSI

16.7%

-

-

  

Mbanza-Ngungu (urban area)

a

89

-

39

  

b

60

-

83

  

c

74

-

51

134

52

d

12

-

13

  

e

32

-

23

  

RSI

5.7%

-

8.1%

  

Mbanza-Ngungu (rural area)

a

86

83

-

  

b

13

39

-

  

c

77

51

-

90

43

d

24

13

-

  

e

27

23

-

  

RSI

15.8%

8.1%

-

  
  1. a (number of unique species in community A), b (number of unique species in community B), c (number of common species in both A and B communities), d (number of common species used for the same diseases in both A and B communities), e (number of equal diseases reported in both A and B communities) and RSI (Rahman similarity index).
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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