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Table 1 Ten commonly used woodfuel species

From: Fuel value indices of selected woodfuel species used in Masindi and Nebbi districts of Uganda

Species

Local name

Family

FI (%)

Combretum collinum Fres

Mukora

Combretaceae

100

Acacia hockii De Wild

Oryang

Mimosaceae

90

Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn

Yao

Sapotaceae

70

Ficus natalensis Hochst

Bongu

Moraceae

60

Albizia grandibracteata Taub

Murongo

Mimosaceae

55

Vernonia amaygdalina Delile

Kibirizi

Compositae

50

Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliver

Musisa

Mimosaceae

45

Grewia mollis L.

Opobu

Tiliaceae

45

Combretum molle R. Br. ex G. Don

Murama

Combretaceae

35

Tamarindus indica Linnaeus

Cwa

Caesalpiniaceae

25