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Table 3 Plant part used for medicinal purposes

From: Shadows of the colonial past – diverging plant use in Northern Peru and Southern Ecuador

Plant Part

Number of uses PERU

Number of uses ECUADOR

  

%

 

%

Leaves

191

25

32

13.5

Whole plant

184

24

146

61.1

Stems

146

19

2

0.9

Flowers

73

10

15

6.3

Seeds

55

7

8

3.3

Fruit

31

4

8

3.3

Root

28

4

8

3.3

Bark

20

3

8

3.3

Fruit peel

12

2

  

Latex

9

1

7

2.9

Wood

6

1

5

2.1

 

755

100

239

100