Table 1.
Top ten frequently mentioned wild food plants and their salience at the whole area level and at ethnic group level
| Species |
General |
Lahu |
Hani |
Dai |
Han |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | Use freq. | Rank | S | Use freq. | Rank | S | Use freq. | Rank | S | Usefreq. | Rank | S | Use freq. | Rank | |
|
Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw. |
0.53 |
0.7 |
1 |
0.562 |
0.68 |
2 |
0.50 |
0.7 |
1 |
0.61 |
0.78 |
1 |
0.32 |
0.51 |
5 |
|
Musa acuminata Colla |
0.48 |
0.7 |
2 |
0.561 |
0.76 |
1 |
0.35 |
0.56 |
4 |
0.54 |
0.77 |
2 |
0.47 |
0.73 |
4 |
|
Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC. |
0.287 |
0.45 |
3 |
0.25 |
0.39 |
6 |
0.42 |
0.59 |
2 |
0.30 |
0.54 |
4 |
0.30 |
0.51 |
6 |
|
Houttuynia cordata Thunb. |
0.284 |
0.49 |
4 |
0.30 |
0.57 |
3 |
0.32 |
0.52 |
7 |
0.17 |
0.34 |
7 |
0.22 |
0.45 |
8 |
|
Solanum americanum Miller |
0.27 |
0.41 |
5 |
0.24 |
0.3 |
7 |
0.38 |
0.54 |
3 |
0.27 |
0.46 |
5 |
0.14 |
0.18 |
11 |
|
Piper longum L. |
0.26 |
0.4 |
6 |
0.21 |
0.35 |
5 |
0.10 |
0.18 |
21 |
0.46 |
0.58 |
3 |
0.32 |
0.49 |
5 |
|
Elatostema acuminatum (Pair.) Brongn. |
0.25 |
0.37 |
7 |
0.30 |
0.46 |
4 |
0.23 |
0.34 |
9 |
0.05 |
0.11 |
22 |
0.53 |
0.65 |
2 |
|
Ficus auriculata Lour. |
0.21 |
0.41 |
8 |
0.20 |
0.34 |
8 |
0.24 |
0.45 |
8 |
0.16 |
0.32 |
9 |
0.18 |
0.41 |
9 |
|
Elsholtzia kachinensis Parin |
0.19 |
0.34 |
9 |
0.14 |
0.26 |
9 |
0.33 |
0.49 |
6 |
0.15 |
0.43 |
10 |
0.13 |
0.24 |
13 |
| Bauhinia variegata L. | 0.14 | 0.32 | 10 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 13 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 10 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 12 | 0.24 | 0.47 | 7 |
Species are ranked based on the Smith’s S index and ordered based on S index at the area level. S Smith’s S index, Use freq. use frequency.