Table 3.
Percentage of women consuming folk species of wild edible plants, seven most consumed species, and frequency and diversity of consumption across seasons (n 584), Sidi Bouzid governorate, Tunisia, 2014–2015
| Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Median* | P25–P75 | % | Median* | P25–P75 | % | Median* | P25–P75 | % | Median* | P25–P75 | |
| All folk species of wild edible plants | 73·9 | 2·27a | 0·00–4·33 | 91·6 | 2·78b | 0·80–6·47 | 73·7 | 0·92a | 0·00–4·42 | 24·4 | 0·00d | 0·00–0·00 |
| Anethum graveolens L. & Foeniculum vulgareMill. (dill and fennel) | 54·3 | 0·23a | 0·00–2·45 | 56·6 | 0·14b | 0·00–1·14 | 49·0 | 0·00c | 0·00–0·50 | 12·6 | 0·00d | 0·00–0·00 |
| Diplotaxis erucoides L. & harra Forssk & muralis subsp. simplex L. (wall-rocket) | 18·0 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 | 54·2 | 0·10b | 0·00–0·82 | 36·4 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·34 | 4·8 | 0·00c | 0·00–0·00 |
| Pinus halepensis Mill. (Aleppo pine seeds) | 5·5 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 | 47·7 | 0·00b | 0·00–0·27 | 1·0 | 0·00c | 0·00–0·00 | 0·5 | 0·00c | 0·00–0·00 |
| Beta macrocarpa Guss. (wild swiss chard) | 0·3 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 | 33·4 | 0·00b | 0·00–0·68 | 27·5 | 0·00c | 0·00–0·14 | 0·0 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 |
| Ziziphus lotus (L.) Lam. (jujube) | 25·4 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·02 | 4·4 | 0·00b, c | 0·00–0·00 | 0·8 | 0·00c | 0·00–0·00 | 5·1 | 0·00b | 0·00–0·00 |
| Allium roseum L. (wild garlic) | 1·9 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 | 14·3 | 0·00b | 0·00–0·00 | 11·3 | 0·00b | 0·00–0·00 | 0·0 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 |
| Cynara cardunculus L. (wild cardoon) | 4·9 | 0·00a, b | 0·00–0·00 | 12·7 | 0·00a, b | 0·00–0·00 | 11·6 | 0·00a | 0·00–0·00 | 1·8 | 0·00b | 0·00–0·00 |
| Diversity of folk species consumed | 0·56a | 0·00–1·29 | 1·96b | 0·87–3·34 | 0·95c | 0·00–2·24 | 0·00d | 0·00–0·00 | ||||
P25–P75, first and third quartile of consumption frequency per month.
a,b,c,d
Median values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different as tested with Wilcoxon signed-rank tests (P < 0·05).
*
Median frequency (number of days) of consumption per month and median diversity of consumption of folk species (number of different species) per season.