This is a table of listing the plant species eaten by Sonso chimpanzees.
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Food Species Code Plant Part eaten J F M A M J J A S O N D # months
Aframomum   Herb F     1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Alaphia laudolphoides Alp Climber F 1 1             1 1 1   5
Albizia ferruginea Af Tree F                          
Alstonia boonei Ab Tree B, L           1 1           2
Aningeria altissima   Tree                            
Antiaris toxicaria Ant Tree F, L   1 1                 1 3
Aphania senegalensis Aps Tree F     1                   1
Balsamocitrus dawei Bd Tree F                   1 1   2
Bosqueia phoberos Bp Tree F                     1 1 2
Broussonetia papyrifera Bpy Tree F, L, Fl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Calamus deerratus ?   Climber F           1             1
Caloncoba schweinfurthii Cls Tree F, S         1 1 1 1 1   1   6
Carica papaya   Tree F                          
Celtis durandii Cdu Tree F, L, B 1 1   1   1   1 1 1 1 1 9
Celtis milbraedii Cmi Tree L,F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Celtis prunei ?   Tree F       1                 1
Celtis wightii Cwi Tree L, Fl 1   1 1 1     1   1   1 7
Celtis zenkeri Cze Tree F, L   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
Chrysophyllum albidum Cal Tree F   1 1     1         1 1 5
Chrysophyllum gorungosanum Cgo Tree F   1                     1
Chrysophyllum muerense Cmu Tree F                          
Chrysophyllum perpulchrum Cpr Tree F   1                     1
Cleistanthus polystachyus Cpy Shrub F,W                   1     1
Cleistopholis patens Cp Tree F, W 1 1           1     1 1 5
Coffea sp. Cos Tree F           1             1
Cola gigantea Cog Tree F, S, W           1 1           2
Cordia millenii Com Tree F, Fl   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   10
Croton macrostachys Cmc Tree F, S         1     1 1 1 1   5
Croton sylvaticus Csy Tree F           1 1   1       3
Cynometra alexandri Cya Tree L,Fl,S,B 1 1 1   1 1 1     1 1 1 9
Desplatsia dewevrei Dd Tree F, L 1     1 1 1 1 1 1   1   8
Ekebergia capensis Ekc Tree F         1 1             2
Entandophragma cylindricum Enc Tree S, L       ?           1     2
Entandrophragama utile Enu Tree F                          
Erythrophleum suaveolens Es Tree S                 1 1 1   3
Ficus asperifolia (urceolaris) Fa Tree F                          
Ficus barteri Fb Tree F   1   1 1       1 1 1 1 7
Ficus exasperata Fe Tree F, L, R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Ficus mucuso Fm Tree F,L,B, Fl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Ficus natalensis Fn Tree F   1   1 1     1 1 1 1   7
Ficus polita Fpo Tree F   1               1 1 1 4
Ficus sansibarica (brachylepis) Fsa Tree F 1   1   1 1     1 1 1 1 8
Ficus saussureana (dawei/lutea) Fss Tree F 1   1 1   1         1 1 6
Ficus sur (capensis/vogelana) Fsu Tree F, L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
Ficus thonningii Fth Epiphyte F               1 1 1     3
Ficus trichopoda (congensis) Ftr Tree F   1   1               1 3
Ficus vallis-choudae Fvl Tree F, L 1 1 1 1     1           5
Ficus variifolia Fvr Tree L,F   1   1     1   1 1   1 6
Iodes africana   Climber F                          
Irvingia gabonensis Ig Tree F                          
Khaya anthotheca Ka Tree B, R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 11
Klainedoxia gabonensis Klg Tree F               1 1       2
Lannea welwitschii Lw Tree F, Fl, B 1                   1 1 3
Lasiodiscus mildraedii Lm Tree L               1 1       2
Macaranga schweinfurthii Ms Tree L, F         1               1
Maesopsis eminii Me Tree F, L, Fl 1     1 1 1 1 1 1 1     8
Mammea africana Ma Tree F             1           1
Marantochloa leucantha   Herb F     1                 1 2
Mildbraediodendron excelsum Mie Tree F, L     1 1 1 1 1 1 1       7
Milicia excelsa (Chlorophora excelsa) Mex Tree F, L 1 1 1 1 1               5
Mimusops bagshawei Mbg Tree F                   1 1   2
Monodora angolensis Moa   F                     1   1
Monodora myristica   Tree F, Fl                          
Morus lactea Mol Tree F, L, Fl 1 1 1 1 1         1     6
Myrianthus holstii Myh Tree F     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1     8
Olea welwitschii Olw Tree F                          
Pennisetum purpureum Ppr Grass St, F             1 1         2
Physalis minima   Herb F                          
Platycerium angolense   Epiphyte L                          
Pseudospondias microcarpa Psm Tree F     1 1 1 1 1           5
Psidium guajava Psj Tree F   1   1 1     1         4
Pterygota mildbreadii Ptm Tree F                          
Raphia farinifera Rf Tree W     1 1 1 1 1 1         2
Ricinodendron heudelotii Rh Tree F             1       1 1 3
Strychnos mitis Sm Tree F   1   1                 2
Syzygium guinense Szg Tree F             1           1
Teclea nobilis Tn Tree F                          
Treculia africana Tra Tree F         1               1
Trema orientalis To Tree                            
Trichilia martineaui   Tree F         1 1             2
Trichillia rubescens Trr Tree L 1 1   ?   1     ?       3
Urera cameroonensis Urc Climber Fl, F, R 1 1         1         1 4
Uvariopsis congensis Uc Tree F       1 1   1           3

Table legend:

Code   BFP unique species code
B Bark
F Fruit
Fl Flowers
L Leaves
R Resin
S Seeds
St Stem
W Wood
? Genus, species not clear
J - D Months of the Year
(1=species eaten, 0=species not eaten)

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