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

Table 3

Relative importance of the study species (use value).

Species	Total no. of uses	Use value (UV)	Number of shared uses/Rahman similarity index (RSI %)
			Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn.	Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.	Momordica charantia L.
Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn.	10	0.27	—	—	—
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.	4	0.11	00	—	—
Momordica charantia L.	15	0.41	4	0	—
			19	0
Scoparia dulcis L.	8	0.22	0	1	1
			0	5	5

Number of traders = 36 except for S. uliginosa where n = 34.