Biodiversity and Structural Analysis of Woody Plant Species of Home Gardens in Basona Worana District, North Shoa Zone of Central Ethiopia

Table 11

Relative frequency (RF), relative abundance (RA), relative dominance (RD), and importance value index (IVI) of woody species in HGs of BWD.

Botanical name	RF (%)	RA (%)	RD (%)	IVI	Rank
Eucalyptus globulus	13.1	35.21	45.04	93.35	1
Eucalyptus camaldulensis	5.40	17.41	22.23	45.04	2
Rhamnus prinoides	7.70	11.51	3.19	22.40	3
Cupressus lusitanica	6.30	5.90	10.13	22.33	4
Croton macrostachyus	9.80	4.37	2.77	16.94	5
Pinus patula	4.40	4.42	4.35	13.17	6
Buddleia polystachya	8.00	3.74	0.70	12.44	7
Acacia abyssinica	5.90	2.37	1.05	9.32	8
Juniperus procera	1.90	1.64	5.69	9.23	9
Euphorbia abyssinica	5.20	1.63	0.42	7.25	10
Euphorbia tirucalli	2.80	1.79	1.21	5.80	11
Discopodium penninervum	3.80	1.70	0.10	5.60	12
Olea africana	4.20	0.69	0.57	5.46	13
Chamaecytisus proliferus	2.80	1.83	0.31	4.94	14
Cordia africana	3.30	0.69	0.38	4.37	15
Ricinus communis	2.40	1.19	0.21	3.80	16
Vernonia amygdalina	2.40	0.58	0.25	3.23	17
Acacia melanoxylon	1.20	0.53	0.58	2.31	18
Grewia ferruginea	1.20	0.49	0.07	1.76	19
Carissa spinarum	1.00	0.57	0.014	1.58	20
Dodonaea viscosa	1.20	0.27	0.01	1.48	21
Millettia ferruginea	0.70	0.22	0.14	1.06	22
Ekebergia capensis	0.70	0.15	0.05	0.90	23
Justicia schimperiana	0.30	0.27	0.01	0.58	24
Maytenus arbutifolia	0.50	0.05	0.001	0.55	25
Catha edulis	0.30	0.18	0.004	0.48	26
Podocarpus falcatus	0.20	0.09	0.13	0.42	27
Ficus sycomorus	0.20	0.02	0.16	0.38	28
Erythrina abyssinica	0.30	0.04	0.02	0.36	29
Schinus molle	0.20	0.04	0.10	0.34	30
Vernonia auriculifera	0.20	0.09	0.02	0.31	31
Citrus sinensis	0.20	0.04	0.04	0.28	32
Coffea arabica	0.20	0.07	0.01	0.28	32
Allophylus abyssinicus	0.20	0.04	0.01	0.25	34
Citrus aurantifolia	0.20	0.04	0.01	0.25	34
Ziziphus spina-christi	0.20	0.02	0.02	0.24	36
Acacia etbaica	0.20	0.02	0.01	0.23	37
Rhus vulgaris	0.20	0.02	0.01	0.23	38
Commiphora africana	0.20	0.02	0.002	0.22	39
Nuxia congesta	0.20	0.02	0.001	0.22	39
Dovyalis abyssinica	0.20	0.02	0.002	0.22	39
Euclea schimperi	0.20	0.02	0.002	0.22	39