Open AccessContribution to the knowledge of melliferous plants: Ethno apicultural survey with beekeepers in the District of Ziguinchor, Kolda and Sedhiou (Senegal)
Author(s) -
Kady Diatta,
William Diatta,
Abdou Salam Fall,
Serigne Ibra Mbacké Dieng,
Amadou Mbaye,
E Bassène
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medicinal botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2521-3903
DOI - 10.25081/jmb.2020.v4.5881
Subject(s) - malpighiaceae , biology , acanthaceae , combretaceae , botany , rubiaceae , anacardiaceae , celastraceae , bignoniaceae , arecaceae , moraceae , meliaceae , lauraceae , oleaceae , fabaceae , palm , physics , quantum mechanics
An ethno-apicultural survey was carried out for the plant species pollinated by honey bees in the green district of Casamance (South Senegal). This survey followed a well-established questionnaire concerning beekeepers in these areas. The listed melliferous flora was made of 61 species either. It’s divided into 58 genera and 30 families though the most represented are in decreasing order Fabaceae with 12 species (19.67%) followed by Rutaceae and Malvaceae with 4 species (6.55% each), Arecaceae, Anacardiaceae, Combretaceae, Gramineae, Myrtaceae, with 3 species (4.91% each), then Chrysobalanaceae, Lamiaceae, Meliaceae and Rubiaceae with 2 species (3.27% each) and then Acanthaceae, Asteraceae, Canabaceae, Verbenaceae, Apocynaceae, Bignoniaceae, Annonaceae, Hymenocardiaceae, Icacinaceae, Lauraceae, Moringaceae, Musaceae, Celastraceae, Rhizophoraceae, Sapindaceae, Sterculiceae, Moraceae, Ochnaceae, with 1 species (1.63% each). Melliferous plants include 47.54% nectariferous plants followed by nectariferous polliniferous plants with 37.70% and finally polliniferous species with 14.75%. This study enabled us to identify eight (08) species with high melliferous value. To enhance the value of these plants, further studies on foraging activity and nectar production will be led to prove their real melliferous potential.