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Table 2 Six tree-like or palm food species that contributed the most to villagers’ energy intakes

From: Interaction between forest biodiversity and people’s use of forest resources in Roviana, Solomon Islands: implications for biocultural conservation under socioeconomic changes

Common name

Scientific name

Roviana name

% total energy intake

   

Urban

Rural

Coconut

Cocos nucifera L.

Nohara

3.9

4.3

Canarium nut

Canarium indicum L./C. salomonense Burtt

Okete/tovinia

0.1

3.9

Banana

Musa spp.

Hakua

2.2

0.4

Papaya

Carica papaya L.

Manioko

0.6

0.1

Large-leafed mangrove

Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam.

Petu

0

0.04

Gnetum

Gnetum gnemon L.

Leqe

0.02

0