Melliferous Plants Threatened to Disappearance in Togo

Melliferous plants are plants whose flowers provide nectar or pollen for honey production to bee
colonies. Besides their role in honey production or provision of pollen, some have other uses. Pollinic
analysis and apicol surveys conducted between 2009 and 2014 on honey sampled directly in
beekeeping areas or outlets have permitted discovery of 330 melliferous species Including 45 species
(13.64%) which are threatened to extinction in Togo. Compared with Togolese flora, these plants
threatened represent 1.29%.
Belong to 43 genres, these species threatened which are foods plants can be grouped into 24 families
and most at risk are the Malvaceae, Anacardiaceae, Fabaceae and Annonaceae.
These plants can be divided into two classes: wild and crops plants. The routinely used parts of these
plants are the fruits and leaves. In general, nectar plants are the most represented. From this study, it
appears that 45 species of melliferous and alimentary interest were targeted endangered in Togo.
These species, which represent approximately 24% of the national melliferous flora, correspond to 43
genres and belong to 24 families. These melliferous families were divided into four groups based
according to their composition in endangered plants: the highly threatened families, families
moderately threatened, endangered families and families low risk.