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Table 6 Community matrix ranking for wetland edible plant species for use, taste, availability and conservation status in Manipur state, northeast India.

From: Dietary use and conservation concern of edible wetland plants at indo-burma hotspot: a case study from northeast India

Botanical names

Local name

*Use status

Taste preference*

Availability status*

Conservation status*

Total score

Alocasia cuculata

Singju-paan

4

4

2

4

14

Alpinia galanga

Kanghoo

2

3

2

2

9

Alpinia nigra

Pullei

2

3

2

3

10

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Kabo-napi

1

1

4

1

7

Amommum sp.

Sarei

3

3

2

3

11

Amomum aromaticum

Namra

3

3

2

3

11

Cardamine hirsuta

Chantruk-maan

1

1

3

1

6

Centella asiatica

Peruk

3

4

3

2

12

Colocasia esculenta

Paan

2

2

3

2

9

Commelina bengalensis

Wangden-khoibi

1

1

3

1

6

Dryopteris marginata

Lai-changkhrang

2

2

3

1

8

Eclipta alba

Uchi-sumban

1

1

2

1

5

Eleocharis dulcis

Kokthum

3

4

2

2

11

Enhydra fluctuans

Komprek-tujombi

3

3

2

3

11

Euryale ferox

Thangjing

4

4

2

4

14

Fagopyrum esculentum

Wakha-yendem

3

2

3

2

10

Gynura cusimbua

Tera-paibi

3

1

3

1

8

Hedychium coronarium

Lok-lei

3

4

2

2

11

Hedyotis auricularia

Langban-koukha

1

1

3

1

6

Ipomoea aquatica

Kolamni

3

3

3

2

11

Jusiaea repens

Ishing-kundo

1

1

3

1

6

Jusiaea suffruticosa

Tebo

1

1

3

1

6

Lemanea australis

Nung-sam

4

4

1

4

13

Marsilea minuta

Ishing-yensang

1

1

3

1

6

Narenga porphyrocroma

Singhut-kambong

1

1

2

2

6

Nasturtium indicum

Uchi-hangam

1

1

3

1

6

Nelumbo nucifera

Thambal

3

4

3

4

14

Nephalium indicum

Phunil

2

2

2

1

7

Neptunia oleracea

Ikaithabi

4

4

2

4

14

Nymphaea alba

Tharo-angouba

2

2

2

2

8

Nymphaea nouchali

Tharo-angangba

2

2

2

2

8

Nymphaea pubescens

Tharo-ashangba

2

2

2

2

8

Nymphaea stellata

Thariktha

2

2

2

2

8

Nymphoides indica

Thariktha-macha

2

2

2

2

8

Oenanthe javanica

Komprek

4

4

2

3

13

Oxalis corniculata

Yensil

1

2

4

1

8

Persicaria posumba

Kengoi

2

3

2

2

9

Pistia stratiotes

Kang-jao

1

1

4

1

7

Plantago erosa

Yempat

1

1

3

1

6

Polygonum barbatum

Yelang

3

3

2

3

11

Polygonum chinense

Angom-yensil

2

2

3

1

8

Polygonum molle

Leibung-tharam

1

2

3

1

7

Polygonum plebejum

Okthum

1

1

3

1

6

Rumex nepalensis

Torong-khongchak

1

1

4

1

7

Sagittaria sagittifolia

Koukha

3

4

2

3

12

*Schoenoplectus lacustris

Kouna

1

1

2

4

8

Spilanthes acmella

Chin-lengbi

2

2

3

1

8

Stellaria media

Yerum-keirum

2

2

3

1

8

Trapa natans

Heikak

3

4

2

3

12

Viola pilosa

Huikhong

2

3

2

2

9

Zizania latifolia

Ishing-kambong

3

4

3

4

14

  1. * The status of species in each category is rank in a scale of 4 to1 (Use and Taste status: 4-most preferred, 3-commonly preferred, 2-preferred but not so common, and 1-occassionally used; Availability status: 4-extensively available, 3-commonly available, 2-available but not so common, and 1-rare; Conservation status: 4-widely required, 3-normally required, 2-required but not so common, 1-not required at present).