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Table 2 Useful plants of Nepal Himalaya

From: Ethnobotany in the Nepal Himalaya

Ecological zones {m}

Distribution of medicinal plants {%}

Average {%}

% of ethnobotanically important plants

Average {%}

% of ethnomedicinally important plants

Average {%}

 

W

C

E

 

W

C

E

 

W

C

E

 

60–1000

32.06

44.28

42.85

39.73

49.20 [36]

40.72 (3)

-

68.20 (1)

54.46

56.76 (8)

38.55 (7)

51.57 (6)

48.96

1000–2000

40.0

50.95

47.46

46.13

53.96[36]

70.78 (1)

65.29 (4)

-

68.03

70.33 (2)

43.57 (17)

48.71 (2)

54.20

2000–3000

29.68

33.49

30.0

31.05

35.70[36]

38.38 (1)

45.46 (1)

59.25 (1)

47.69

76.24 (6)

60.98 (5)

48.51 (3)

61.91

3000–4000

16.03

17.30

15.07

16.13

18.09[36]

-

-

-

-

60.42 (6)

71.56 (1)

18.46 (2)

50.14

Average

29.44

36.50

33.92

39.23

49.96

55.37

63.72

56.72

65.93

53.66

41.81

53.80

  1. The figure in parenthesis represents the number of sample publications reviewed