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Table 1 Nesting use, natural occurrence and essential oil collected from the 20 species investigated

From: Repellent activity against Anopheles gambiae of the leaves of nesting trees in the Sebitoli chimpanzee community of Kibale National Park, Uganda

Family

Species

Used for nesting (%)

Presence in habitat (%)a

Essential oil collected (g)

Yield (W/W%)

Nesting trees

 Ebenaceae

Diospyros abyssinica

27.84 (n = 255)

7.33 (n = 242)

0.1742b

0.0348

 Olacaceae

Strombosia scheffleri

18.67 (n = 171)

3.42 (n = 113)

0.1526c

0.0305

 Rutaceae

Vepris nobilis

8.62 (n = 79)

1.09 (n = 36)

0.2064b

0.0413

 Sapindaceae

Lepisanthes senegalensis

6.99 (n = 64)

1.27 (n = 42)

0.2444b

0.0489

 Meliaceae

Turraeanthus africanus

5.79 (n = 53)

0.27 (n = 9)

0.5223b

0.1045

 Euphorbiaceae

Croton megalocarpus

4.37 (n = 40)

3.58 (n = 118)

0.3408b

0.0682

 Cannabaceae

Celtis gomphophylla

3.17 (n = 29)

4.27 (n = 141)

0.0293c

0.0059

 Oleaceae

Olea welwitschii

2.29 (n = 21)

0.55 (n = 18)

 < 0.001

NA

 Myrtaceae

Eucalyptus grandis

1.97 (n = 18)

10.39 (n = 343)

2.7961b

0.5592

 Oleaceae

Noronhia africana

1.75 (n = 16)

1.18 (n = 39)

0.0193d

0.0039

Abundant trees

 Moraceae

Trilepisium madagascariense

0.55 (n = 5)

2.42 (n = 80)

0.0052

0.0010

 Sapotaceae

Chrysophyllum albidum

0.44 (n = 4)

1.39 (n = 46)

0.0056

0.0011

 Annonaceae

Uvariopsis congensis

0.33 (n = 3)

3.42 (n = 113)

0.0615c

0.0123

 Euphorbiaceae

Neoboutonia macrocalyx

0.33 (n = 3)

2.06 (n = 68)

0

0

 Capparaceae

Euadenia eminens

0.33 (n = 3)

1.67 (n = 55)

0.0311c

0.0062

 Apocynaceae

Tabernaemontana pachysiphon

0.11 (n = 1)

2.03 (n = 67)

 < 0.001

NA

 Leguminosae

Newtonia buchananii

0.11 (n = 1)

1.76 (n = 58)

0.0139

0.0028

 Cannabaceae

Celtis africana

0.11 (n = 1)

1.64 (n = 54)

0.1375c

0.0275

 Meliaceae

Carapa grandiflora

0.00

3.85 (n = 127)

0.1385c

0.0277

 Cornaceae

Alangium chinense

0.00

1.36 (n = 45)

0.4828b

0.0966

  1. abased on [34]
  2. bsufficient quantity for all assays at 0.1% and 1%
  3. csufficient quantity for all assays at 0.1%
  4. dsufficient quantity only for repellent assay at 0.1%