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Table 7
Importance value index of top ten climber species in tropical dry deciduous forest of Sathanur reserve forest, Eastern Ghats
Name of the
species
Plot number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Pterolobium
hexapetalum
(Roth) Santapau
and Wagh
119.5
138.5
102.8
154.6
101.0
0.0
81.2
140.7
15.0
62.1
158.6
151.3
70.0
105.8
44.5
Combretum
albidum
G. Don
12.1
30.5
20.6
22.0
52.1
25.2
71.1
31.8
165.9
85.6
26.4
28.9
16.0
25.9
140.0
Acacia caesia
(L.)
Willd
18.5
0.0
23.1
26.5
17.8
30.9
28.4
22.3
11.3
25.7
17.9
19.8
29.3
0.0
13.1
Leptadenia
reticulata
(Retz.)
W. et Arn
11.2
16.5
6.1
10.1
7.8
27.0
17.3
23.2
5.8
26.6
19.8
26.4
13.7
9.1
20.9
Wattakaka
volubilis
(L.f.)
Stapf
7.6
0.0
0.0
16.5
7.8
27.6
18.1
9.7
8.3
14.1
16.8
6.7
11.4
21.9
21.6
Ziziphus oenoplia
(L.) Miller
27.1
12.2
0.0
0.0
4.0
50.7
16.4
31.7
0.0
51.5
11.7
22.2
11.2
15.2
0.0
Diplocyclos
palmatus
(L.) C.
Jeffrey
10.0
0.0
9.9
17.5
7.3
35.0
8.8
9.6
8.8
8.6
11.2
8.0
17.9
15.6
9.9
Reissantia indica
(Willd.) N. Hallé
6.7
8.3
0.0
19.6
4.2
26.5
29.8
14.6
15.5
12.4
16.1
18.3
4.1
9.1
0.0
Secamone emetica
(Retz.) R. Br.
7.3
25.3
12.3
6.8
4.3
11.7
11.3
6.6
11.2
5.0
8.3
8.9
8.4
5.4
0.0
(continued)