Table 2 Use diversity among the 185 species and distribution in the five studied habitats
Use categories | Tropical deciduous forest | Oak forest | Riparian vegetation | Home gardens | Farming lands | Number of species1 | Percentage1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicinal | 40 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 90 | 29 |
Edible | 19 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 15.5 |
Timber yielding-construction | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8.1 |
Firewood | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7.1 |
Crafts | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 7.1 |
Mystical-religious | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 6.8 |
Fodder | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6.1 |
Farming wooden tools | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.8 |
Domestic wooden tools | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6.1 |
Ornamental | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 5.8 |
Poison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 |
Commercialization of wild plants | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 |
Total | 151 | 80 | 11 | 45 | 23 | 310 | 100 |