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Indigenous knowledge of rural communities on socio-economic use, propagation, biology of Chrysophyllum albidum in Osun State G. Don in Osun State, Nigeria

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, P.M.B. 704, Ondo State, Nigeria

Res. J. Agriculture & Forestry Sci., Volume 11, Issue (1), Pages 9-19, March,8 (2023)

Abstract

Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don is one of the most widespread indigenous fruit trees in Nigeria. It is a research that revealed existing native knowledge and socio-economic use of C. albidum to livelihood as a food complement and for income generation among community dwellers. The results from the study show that the main non-timber products that contribute to demand domestication are the fruits besides; fruit taste, size, and tree height are mainly the attributes desired by the rural communities for improvement. Intensive human pressure on C. albidum trees has resulted in deforestation and the local people do not have maximum stewardship of C. albidum trees in the forest reserve. Information on the indigenous knowledge of C. albidum trees provides a valuable foundation for domestication, propagation, and improvement of its fruit and tree attributes, and management problems in both co-managed and government forest reserves.

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