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Table 1 Ethnicity and origin of herbal vendor informants

From: Vernacular dominance in folk taxonomy: a case study of ethnospecies in medicinal plant trade in Tanzania

Reported

Ethnologue 1

Region

Number of informants

Bushaidi

*

Zanzibar

1

Digo

Digo

Tanga

1

Hehe

Hehe

Iringa; Morogora; Dodoma; Mbeya

1

Kwere

Kwere

Pwani; Morogoro

37

Maasai

Maasai

Arusha; Tanga; Kilimanjaro; Manyara

17

Mwera

Mwera

Lindi

1

Ndengereko

Ndengereko

Pwani; Morogoro

1

Ngunya

*

Zanzibar

2

Nyaturu

Nyaturu

Singida

1

Nyiramba

Nilamba

Singida

1

Pangwa

Pangwa

Iringa

1

Rangi

Langi

Dodoma

2

Sambaa

Shambala

Tanga

11

Segeju

Segeju

Tanga

1

Shirazi

*

Zanzibar

1

Sukuma

Sukuma

Shinyanga; Mwanza; Kagera; Tabora; Singida; Kigoma; Mara

1

Zaramo

Zaramo

Pwani

8

Zigua

Zigula

Tanga; Pwani; Manyara

2

  

Total number of informants

90

  1. 1Ethnologue. Languages of the World. http://www.ethnologue.com/ *Groups from Zanzibar not present in Ethnologue.