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Table 5 Types of multiple uses for edible wild plants utilized by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China

From: Eating from the wild: diversity of wild edible plants used by Tibetans in Shangri-la region, Yunnan, China

Kind of usage

Number of species

Percentage

Edible

168

100.0

Fodder

52

31.0

Medicinal

31

18.5

Fence

22

13.1

Ornamental

11

6.5

Weisang a

10

6.0

Fuel-wood

9

5.4

Construction

4

2.4

  1. aThe religious rite of burning offerings for smoke, which plays an important role in local Tibetan’s daily life.
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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