Local Knowledge and Conservation of Seagrasses in the Tamil Nadu State of India

Table 2 Ethnobotanical consensus index for traditional knowledge concerning the utility of 50 seagrass ethnotaxa.

Utility category	Number of use reports (N_ur)	Number of Exthnotaxa per use report (N_t)	Informants' consensus index factor (F_ic^a)
Heart	29	2	0.96
General health	40	5	0.89
Mental disorder	27	1	1.00
Dermatological	15	2	0.92
Infection	11	3	0.80
Gastrointestinal	32	2	0.96
Ecological	37	9	0.78
Animal feed	40	2	0.97
Spiritual	36	2	0.97
Aesthetic	36	2	0.97

^aFic = N_ur-N^t/(N_ur-1), providing a value between 0 and 1, where high value indicates a high rate of informant consensus.

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