Fané, Siriki https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3611-0971
Agbotui, Deogratias Kofi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5192-4412
Ingold, Mariko
Ndiaye, Cheikh
Sanogo, Sidi
Buerkert, Andreas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Kassel
Article History
Received: 27 January 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 24 January 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The species studied were identified and authenticated by Dr Sidi Sanogo, researcher, and curator of the herbarium ( ) at the Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER) du Mali and a co-author of the manuscript. Samples of seeds and/or herbariums observed: Faidherbia albida (129-UPP000), Piliostigma reticulatum (227-UPP-068), Pterocarpus lucens (237-UPP-072), Khaya senegalensis (169-UPP-029-1) and Guiera senegalensis (ML-USFH-79).