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Table 2 Plant parts/product used

From: Medicinal plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la, Yunnan, China

Plant Part/Product

Number of uses

  

%

Roots

22

27

Leaves

13

16

whole plant

11

14

Rhizome

9

11

Tuber

5

6

Stem

5

6

Fruits

4

5

Seeds

3

4

Bark

3

4

Bulb

1

1

Twig

1

1

Turpentine

1

1

underground sclerotium

1

1

Fruits

1

1

Flowers

1

1

Total

81

100

  

%

Underground

38

47

Overground

32

39

whole plant

11

14

Total

81

100