Table 6.

Medicinal plant species with the greatest number of different uses in Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, Mexico and their respective IVU

Species (number of uses)	IVU	Species (number of uses)	IVU
Larrea tridentata (Sessé & Moc. ex DC.) Coville, N (6; 24999)	2.72	Flourensia cernua DC., N (3; 25035))	2.33
Jatropha dioica Sessé, N (4; 25059)	1.88	Hedeoma costata Hemsl., N (3; 25104))	1.9
Machaeranthera pinnatifida (Hook.) Shinners, N (4; 25065)	1.68	Mentha spicata L., E (3; 25022)	1.31
Rosmarinus officinalis L., E (4; 25021)	1.95	Ruta graveolens L., E (3; 24983)	1.44
Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt., N (3; 24097)	1.40	Turnera diffusa Willd. ex Schult., N (3; 25076)	2.13
Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck ex Engelm., N (3; 25003)	2.23	Aloe vera L., E (3; 25041)	1.58
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., N (3; 25070)	2.25	Capsicum annuum L., N (3; 25043)	2.3