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Table 2 Distribution of indigenous uses (general)

From: Substances, relationships and the omnipresence of the body: an overview of Ashéninka ethnomedicine (Western Amazonia)

Ethnic group/Local settlement

Total used species samples

food

handicraft

body care

market

house building

fire wood

hunting – fishing

medicine and related

        

baits & fishing poisons

magics

 

Amahuaca

          

Boca Pariamanu

317

6.6 %

4.4 %

0.9 %

0.9 %

2.8 %

1.3 %

0.3 %

1.3 %

51.7 %

Ashéninka

          

Aerija

373

7.8 %

2.4 %

6.2 %

3.5 %

6.2 %

2.7 %

0.5 %

2.7 %

76.7 %

Dulce Gloria

345

7 %

3.2 %

2 %

2 %

3.2 %

0.3 %

0.9 %

4.3 %

82 %

Nueva Victoria

316

3.2 %

4.1 %

1.6 %

0 %

1.6 %

0.3 %

1.3 %

4.1 %

88.6 %

Shipibo

          

San Francisco

211

2.4 %

6.6 %

3.8 %

0 %

1.4 %

0 %

2.4 %

2.4 %

86.7 %

Santa Rosa

249

2.4 %

8.4 %

2.4 %

0.4 %

2 %

0.4 %

0.4 %

3.6 %

80.3 %

Yaminahua

          

Raya

546

2.4 %

1.3 %

0.2 %

0.5 %

2.4 %

0.2 %

0.5 %

2.4 %

88.1 %

Yora

          

Santa Rosa de Serjali

844

14.5 %

4.7 %

2.4 %

0.5 %

4.7 %

1.3 %

0.5 %

0.9 %

60.7 %

  1. Source: TSEMIM database