International Journal of
Biodiversity and Conservation

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-243X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJBC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 679

Full Length Research Paper

Use and socio-economic values of Ricinodendron heudelotii (Bail.) Pierre, a wild oil species in Benin

Guillaume HOUNSOU-DINDIN
  • Guillaume HOUNSOU-DINDIN
  • Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d'Estimations Forestières (LABEF), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Rodrigue Castro GBEDOMON
  • Rodrigue Castro GBEDOMON
  • Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d'Estimations Forestières (LABEF), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Kolawolé Valère SALAKO
  • Kolawolé Valère SALAKO
  • Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d'Estimations Forestières (LABEF), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Bénin.
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Aristide Cossi ADOMOU
  • Aristide Cossi ADOMOU
  • Laboratoire de Botanique et Écologie Végétale (LaBEV), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FAST), Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Bénin, 01 BP 4521 Cotonou, Benin.
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Achille ASSOGBADJO
  • Achille ASSOGBADJO
  • Laboratoire d'Ecologie Appliquée (LEA), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Benin.
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Romain GLELE KAKAÏ
  • Romain GLELE KAKAÏ
  • Laboratoire de Biomathématiques et d'Estimations Forestières (LABEF), Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, 04 BP 1525, Cotonou, Bénin.
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  •  Received: 31 October 2021
  •  Accepted: 03 December 2021
  •  Published: 31 January 2022

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