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Floristic composition of vascular epiphytes in a disturbed forest of the Douala- Edea National Park (Cameroon)
Research Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
| Vol 4, Issue 1
Table 2. Host treesand their epiphytic abundance in the Douala-EdeaNational Park
| LD | MD | HD | overall | LD | MD | HD | overall | ||
| Afrolicania elaeosperma Mildbr. | Chrysobalanaceae | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Afrostyrax kamerunensis Perkins & Gilg | Huaceae | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Afzelia Africana Sm. ex Pers. | Fabaceae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albizia glaberrima (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. | Mimosaceae | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Alsodeiopsis weissenborniana J. Braun & K. Schum | Icacinaceae | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Annickia chlorantha (Oliv.) Setten & Maas | Annonaceae | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Annonidium manii Oliver. | Annonaceae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthocleista sp Afzel. Ex R.Br. | Loganiaceae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthonotha lamprophylla (Harms) J. Leonard | Fabaceae | 0 | 8 | 38 | 46 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| Anthonotha macrophylla (P. Beauv. | Fabaceae | 0 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 30 |
| Antiaris toxicaria (J.F. Gmel.) Lesch. | Moraceae | 4 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Baillonella toxisperma Pierre | Sapotaceae | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Baphia Afzel. ex G. Lodd. | Fabaceae | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Berlinia Sol. ex Hook.f. & Benth. | Fabaceae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blighia K.D. Koening | Sapindaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brachystegia milbraediiHarms | Fabaceae | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Carapa Aubl. | Meliaceae | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cleistopholis Pierre ex Engl | Annonaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott &Endl. | Sterculiaceae | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Cola mahoundensis Pellegr. | Sterculiaceae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coula edulis Baill. | Olacaceae | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Dasylepsis Thomasii Obama & Breteler | Achariaceae | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Dialium L. | Fabaceae | 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Dichostemma glaucescens Pierre | Apocynaceae | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Didelotia africana Baill. | Mimosaceae | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Diospyros crassifolia Linan, GE Schatz and lowry | Ebenaceae | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Diospyros hoyleana F. White | Ebenaceae | 1 | 21 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| Distemonanthus benthamianus Baill. | Fabaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Entandrophragma angolensis (Welw.) C. DC. | Meliaceae | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague | Meliaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Erythroxylum manii Oliver. | Erythroxylaceae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf | Apocynaceae | 0 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf | Apocynaceae | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Gilletiodendron pierreanum (Harms) J. Leonard | Caesalpiniaceae | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill. | Irvingiaceae | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Irvingia grandifolia (Engl.) Engl. | Irvingiaceae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre ex Engl. | Irvingiaceae | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lophira alata Banks ex C.F. Gaertn. | Ochnaceae | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Macaranga spinosa Mull. Arg | Euphorbiaceae | 0 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Magnistipula glaberrima Engl. | Chrysobalanaceae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mamma africana Sabine | Clusiaceae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Manilkara fouilloyanaAubrév. & Pellegr. | Sapotaceae | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Memecylon arcuatomarginatum Gilg ex Engl. | Melastmataceae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Musanga cecropioides R. Br. ex Tedlie | Urticaceae | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitragyna stipulosa (DC.) Kuntze | Rubiaceae | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr. | Rubiaceae | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nauclea pobeguinii (Hua ex Pobég.) Merr. | Rubiaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ochna L. | Ochnaceae | 0 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Pancovia laurentii (De wild.) Gilg ex De Wild | Sapindaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panda Oleosa Pierre | Pandaceae | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. | Fabaceae | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.f.) Brenan | Mimosaceae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Polygala parviflora Poir. | Olacaceae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pycnanthus angolensis (Welw.) Warb. | Myristicaceae | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ricinodendron heudelotti (Baill.) Pierre ex Heckel | Euphorbiaceae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rinorea oblongifolia (C.H. Wright) C. Marquant ex Chipp. | Violaceae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Staudtia kamerunensis Warb. | Myristicaceae | 16 | 3 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 34 |
| Stemonocoleus micranthus Harms | Fabaceae | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Strombosia grandifolia Hook.f. ex Benth. | Olacaceae | 33 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Strombosia scheffleri Eng. | Olacaceae | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Strombosia zenkeri Engl. | Olacaceae | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Symphony globulifera L. f. | Clusiaceae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tabernaemontana Plum. ex L. | Apocynaceae | 0 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Terminalia superba Eng. & Diels | Combretaceae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Treculia africana Decaisne ex Trecul. | Moraceae | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Uvariodendron (Engl. & Diels).R.E.FR. | Annonaceae | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Vepris hiernii Gernii | Rutaceae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitex ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn. | Verbenaceae | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Vitex L. | Verbenaceae | 0 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Xylopia acutiflora (Dunal) A. Rich. | Annonaceae | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 328 | 281 | 246 | 855 | 264 | 147 | 127 | 538 | |