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. 2019 Dec 16;15:67. doi: 10.1186/s13002-019-0346-8

Table 5.

Use value, use diversity and cultural importance index of the species used for making plant derived products

Species UV UDT UDS UDC UDA UDM CIT CIS CIC CIA CIM CITotal
Abies pindrow 0.013 0.50 0.50 - - - 0.01 0.19 0.11 - - 0.31
Aesculus indica 0.004 - - - - - 0.05 - - - - 0.05
Arundinaria falcata 0.033 0.50 0.13 0.25 0.13 0.83 0.08 - 0.93 0.25 2.1
Cannabis sativa 0.013 - - - - - - - - 0.91 - 0.91
Cedrus deodara 0.079 0.42 0.21 0.32 0.05 0.46 0.46 0.81 - 0.03 1.76
Cotoneaster bacillaris 0.067 - - - - - 1.30 - - - - 1.30
Desmodium elegans 0.004 - - - - - - - - - 0.35 0.35
Hordeum vulgare 0.008 - - - - - - - - 0.55 - 0.55
Indigofera heterantha 0.004 - - - - - - - - - 0.35 0.35
Juglans regia 0.046 0.91 - - - 0.09 0.79 - - - 0.01 0.80
Picea smithiana 0.088 0.48 0.19 0.29 0.05 0.72 0.68 0.93 - 0.58 2.91
Pinus wallichiana 0.021 0.40 0.40 - 0.20 0.004 0.021 - 0.029 0.05
Quercus semecarpifolia 0.058 - - - - - 0.72 - - - - 0.72
Salix alba 0.008 - - - - - 0.16 - - - - 0.16
Sorbaria tomentosa 0.021 0.80 - - - 0.20 0.60 - - - 0.70 1.30
Spiraea canescens 0.008 - - - - - 0.24 - - - - 0.24
Taxus baccata 0.013 - - - - - 0.19 - - - - 0.19
Triticum aestivum 0.008 - - - - - - - 0.38 - 0.38
Ulmus wallichiana 0.029 0.57 0.29 0.14 - - 0.10 0.30 0.01 - - 0.41
Viburnum erubescens 0.004 - -- - - - 0.01 - - - - 0.01

UV= use value, UD= use diversity value, UDT= use diversity value for the tool, UDS= use diversity value for the storage structure, UDC= use diversity value for the construction category, UDA= use diversity value for the artefact category, UDM= use diversity value for the miscellaneous category, CI= cultural importance index, CIT= cultural importance for tool category, CIS= cultural importance for the category of storage structure, CIC= cultural importance for the category construction, CIA= cultural importance for the category artefacts, CIM= cultural importance for the miscellaneous category.