TABLE 1.

The 17 most important traditional medicinal plants of more than 50 plants mentioned for the treatment of diabetic symptoms and complications among the Cree of Eeyou Istchee as identified through interviews with elders.

Plant	Cree name	Family	Part	SIV	Rank b
Abies balsamea (L) Mill	Inaasht	Pinaceae	Bark	0.0244	8
Alnus incana subsp. rugose (Du Roi) R. T	Atushpi	Betulaceae	Bark	0.0239	9
Gaultheria hispidula (L) Muhl	Pieuminaan	Ericaceae	Leaves	0.0100	16
Juniperus communis L	Kaahkaachiiminaahtikw	Cupressaceae	Berries	0.0203	10
Kalmia angustifolia L	Uishichipukw	Ericaceae	Leaves	0.0321	6
Larix laricina Du Roi (K. Koch)	Watnagan	Pinaceae	Bark	0.0369	2
Lycopodium clavatum L	Pashtnahoagin	Lycopodaceae	Whole	0.00866	17
Picea glaucaa (Moench.) Voss	Minhikw	Pinaceae	Leaves	0.0347	5
Picea mariana (P. Mill) BSP	Inaahtikw	Pinaceae	Cones	0.0352	4
Pinus banksiana Lamb	Ushchishk	Pinaceae	Cones	0.0179	11
Populus balsamifera L	Miitus	Salicaceae	Bark	0.0117	15
Rhododendron groenlandicum (Oeder) Kron and Judd	Kachichepukw	Ericaceae	Leaves	0.0377	1
Rhododendron tomentsum (Harjama)	Wiisichipukw	Ericaceae	Leaves	0.0359	3
Salix planifolia Pursh	Pieuatikw	Salicaceae	Bark	0.0178	12
Sarracenia purpurea L	Ayigadash	Sarracenaceae	Whole a	0.0132	14
Sorbus decora (Sarg.) C. K. Schneid	Mushkuminanatikw	Rosaceae	Bark	0.0312	7
Vaccinium vitis-idaea L	Wishichimna	Ericaceae	Berries	0.0164	13

Syndromic Importance Value (SIV) indicates the degree of association with uses related to treating diabetes symptoms where larger values indicate stronger association (Leduc et al., 2006).

^aAbove ground material only.

^bRanked with 1 = most important.