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 |