Table 1 Baseline information for the two villages, a Karen and a Lawa village, in northern Thailand where medicinal plants were studied
From: Medicinal plants from swidden fallows and sacred forest of the Karen and the Lawa in Thailand
Village | Mae Hae Tai | Mude Lhong |
|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | Karen | Lawa |
Religion | Christian | Animists-Buddhism |
Co-ordinates | 18°25′37.0″ N, 98°8′12.7″ E | 18° 28′ 0.5″ N , 98° 11′ 25.5″ E |
Elevation (m) a.s.l. | 1,090 | 950 |
Households | 67 | 55 |
Population (males/females) | 346 (172/173) | 286 (136/150) |
Distance to nearest town (km) | 53 | 48 |
Total size of sacred forest (acres/ha) | 804/325 | 815/330 |
Total size of swiden fallow fields (acres/ha) | 1,043/422 | 1,457/590 |
Permanent cash crops | Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.), Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) | Cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.), Onion (Allium ascalonicum L.), Flint corn (Zey mays L.) |