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

Table 2 Cumulative totals of reported language for the 19 most common ethnospecies

Language	#	%	Language	#	%
Matching	284	80,7	Non-matching	68	19,3
Pwani	252	88,7	Pwani	49	72,1
Zigua	5	1,8	Zigua	5	7,4
Pare	0	0	Pare	1	1,5
Masaai	26	9,2	Masaai	8	11,8
Kwere	0	0	Kwere	1	1,5
Sambaa	1	0,4	Sambaa	0	0
Makonde	0	0	Makonde	4	5,9

Left columns (Matching) show the frequencies and percentages of species that were reported in the same language as the ethnicity of the vendor. Right columns (Non-matching) show the frequency and percentages of species that were reported in a language not matching the ethnicity of the vendor and the language in which the species was reported in those cases.

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