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Table 2 Number and percentage of wild food species and of use reports (UR) among food- categories at the survey sites

From: Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants used in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal): a comparative study

Number of species (Nsp)

Food-Category

SAN

CAU

PIL

PIC

CPO

MON

Total

Vegetables

5

17%

2

10%

7

21%

14

25%

16

28%

16

31%

31

32%

Fruits

10

33%

7

33%

13

38%

28

51%

22

39%

9

18%

32

33%

Seasonings

3

10%

3

14%

2

6%

3

5%

4

7%

14

27%

14

14%

Herbal teas

4

13%

3

14%

6

18%

6

11%

8

14%

13

25%

16

16%

Liqueurs

7

23%

4

19%

6

18%

12

22%

8

14%

11

22%

22

23%

Flowers

1

3%

1

5%

2

6%

2

4%

5

9%

2

4%

8

8%

Subterranean organs

2

7%

1

5%

2

6%

4

7%

4

7%

1

2%

5

5%

Total

30a

107%

21a

100%

34a

112%

55a

125%

57a

118%

51a

129%

97a

132%

Number of use reports (NUR)

Food-Category

SAN

CAU

PIL

PIC

CPO

MON

Total

Vegetables

24

20%

6

5%

46

21%

44

8%

103

22%

205

24%

428

18%

Fruits

43

36%

51

45%

84

39%

313

55%

221

47%

167

20%

861

37%

Seasonings

11

9%

17

15%

17

8%

40

7%

37

8%

270

32%

392

17%

Herbal teas

11

9%

15

13%

33

15%

96

17%

40

8%

108

13%

303

13%

Liqueurs

23

19%

19

17%

27

12%

60

11%

32

7%

89

10%

250

11%

Flowers

5

4%

2

2%

5

2%

6

1%

23

5%

10

1%

51

2%

Subterranean organs

4

3%

4

4%

6

3%

11

2%

17

4%

5

1%

47

2%

Total

121

100%

114

100%

218

100%

570

100%

473

100%

854

100%

2332

100%

  1. SAN: Sanabria, Spain; CAU: Caurel, Spain; PIL: Piloña, Spain; PIC: Picos de Europa, Spain; CPO: Campoo, Spain; MON: Montesinho, Portugal.
  2. a A species may be listed in several categories, so these figures may be not the sum of the column. The higher the difference in total percentage over 100%, the more species used in several food categories.