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Table 4 Exotic food trees registered on the shellmounds discussed in this study

From: Yams (Dioscorea spp.) in shellmounds and swiddens: ancient history in Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil

Family/Exotic tree

Folk name

CUB I-A

CUB I-B

CUB II

ILES II

LAS

MA II

MO

RGU

Ebenaceae

 Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) Perrier

sapota-preta

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Moraceae

 Morus nigra L

amora-preta

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Lauraceae

 Persea americana Mill

abacate

0

1

1

1

1

 

1

0

Myrtaceae

 Psidium guajava L

goiabeira

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

0

 Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

jambolão

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

 Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston

jambo-amarelo

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Rosaceae

 Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl

nespereira

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Rutaceae

 Citrus x limon (L.) Osbeck

limão

0

0

1

0

1

1

0

0

  1. CUB I-A portion of Cubatão I with forest, CUB I-B portion of Cubatão I with grasses and sparse trees, CUB II Cubatão II, ILES II Ilha dos Espinheiros II, LAS Lagoa Saguaçu, MA II Morro do Amaral II, MO Morro do Ouro, RGU Rua Guaíra. 1: this tree sp. present; 0: this tree sp. absent