Table 4 Plant part used for medicinal purposes
From: Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture
Plant Part | Number of uses | |
|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | % |
Leaves | 191 | 25 |
Whole plant | 184 | 24 |
Stems | 146 | 19 |
Flowers | 73 | 10 |
Seeds | 55 | 7 |
Fruit | 31 | 4 |
Root | 28 | 4 |
Bark | 20 | 3 |
Fruit peel | 12 | 2 |
Latex | 9 | 1 |
Wood | 6 | 1 |
| Â | 755 | 100 |