From: Medicinal plants from swidden fallows and sacred forest of the Karen and the Lawa in Thailand
Locality | Speciesrichness | Medicinal plants (%) | Most important families | |
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Sacred forest | Total | Medicinal | Â | Â |
India, Kodagu district, Karnataka state1 | 241 | 136 | 56% | - |
India, Meghalaya state 2 | - | 80 | - | Lauraceae, Euphorbiaceae |
India, Manipur state 3 | - | 120 | - | Asteraceae, Verbenaceae |
India, Kanyakumari district, Tami Nadu state 4 | 329 | 34 | 10% | Rutaceae, Euphorbiaceae |
India, Cuddalore district, Taminadu 5 | - | 33 | - | Leguminosae, Agavaceae |
India, Sikkim state6 | 241 | 41 | 17% | - |
India, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu state 7 | - | 53 | - | Leguminosae, Moraceae |
India, Andhra Pradesh state 8 | - | 18 | - | Loganiaceae, Leguminosae |
Thailand, Mae Cheam district, Chiang Mai province9 | 221 | 50 | 22% | Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae |
Swidden fallow fields | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Thailand, Mae La Noi district, and Muang district, Mae Hong Son province 10 | 489 | 84 | 17% | Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae |
Lao, Pha Oudom district, Bo Kaeo province 11 | 141 | 58 | 41% | Leguminosae, Euphorbiaceae |
Nigeria, Lagos state 12 | 104 | 48 | 46% | Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae |
Thailand, Mae Tang district Chaing Mai province 13 | 295 | 119 | 40% | - |
Thailand, Mae Cheam district, Chiang Mai province 14 | 218 | 75 | 34% | Euphorbiaceae, Lauraceae |