Table 5.

A comparative study among the three indigenous communities.

Documented species from Marma	Documented species from Chak	Documented species from Tanchayanga	Common species among Marma, Tanchayanga and Chak	Common species between Marma and Chak	Common species between Marma and Tanchayanga	Common species between Tanchayanga and Chak	Jaccard Index (JI) for Marma and Chak	JI for Marma & Tanchayanga	JI for Tanchayanga and Chak
92	52	42	7 Namely-Duabanga grandiflora, Congea tomentosa, Engelhardtia spicata, Chromolaena odorata, Zingiber officinale, Curcuma longa, and Plumeria rubra	2 Namely-Ziziphus mauritiana and Hippochaete debilis	3 Namely-Alpinia conchigera, Clerodendrum indicum, and Passiflora foetida	5 Namely-Aegle marmelos, Equisetum ramosissimum, Asarum cordifolium, Sansevieria trifasciata, and Hemidesmus indicus	1.42	2.34	5.95