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Table 4 Species with use value ≥ mean species UV values in each group

From: Medicinal plant knowledge in Caribbean Basin: a comparative study of Afrocaribbean, Amerindian and Mestizo communities

Species and families

Categories ICD-WHO

Afro

Ame

Mes

R

Voucher number

Momordica charantia L. - Cucurbitaceae

I, IV, VI, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVIII, XIX

5.33

1.33

3.33

E

García 2329

Citrus aurantium L. - Rutaceae

I, VI, X, XI, XIII, XVIII, XIX

4.67

4.00

1.67

E

Jiménez 1507

Citrus aurantiifolia (Chrisym.) Swimgle. Rutaceae

I, IV, VI, IX, X, XI, XIV, XVIII, XIX

3.33

6.67

1.67

E

Jiménez 1499

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob. Asteraceae

I, VI, X, XI, XII, XIV, XVIII, XIX,

2.67

1.33

1.00

N

Medina 181

Aloe vera (L.) Burm. - Xanthorrhoeaceae

I, IV, VI, IX, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVIII, XIX

2.00

7.33

3.00

E

Jiménez 1525

Petiveria alliacea L.- Phytolaccaceae

X, XI, XII, XIII, XVIII

1.67

2.33

1.33

N

Jiménez 24

Annona muricata L. - Annonaceae

I, VI, IX, X, XI, XVIII

1.33

3.33

2.67

N

FORPLAN 1695

Psidium guajava L. - Myrtaceae

I, X, XI, XII, XIII, XVIII, XIX

1.33

3.33

1.67

N

Jiménez 41

Persea americana Mill. - Lauraceae

I, IV, X, XII, XIII, XIV, XVIII

1.00

4.33

1.67

N

Girón 245

Chenopodium ambrosioides L. - Amaranthaceae

I, IX, XI, XVIII

1.00

2.33

1.67

N

Jiménez 1511

Ricinus communis L.- Euphorbiaceae

I, X, VIII, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVIII, XIX

3.33

1.67

0

E

Jiménez 47

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck - Rutaceae

I, X, XI, XIII, XVIII

3.33

0

0

E

Veloz 3010

Gossypium barbadense L. - Malvaceae

I, VIII, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVIII, XIX

3.00

0

0

E

García 2588

Saccharum officinarum L. - Poaceae

I, VI, XI, XII, XIX

3.00

0

0

E

Mejía 9024

Lantana camara L. - Verbenaceae

X, XI, XVIII

2.33

0

0

N

Girón 197

Zea mays L. -Poaceae

I, IX, XII, XIII, XIV, XVIII, XIX

2.00

1.33

0

N

Girón 240

Musa paradisiaca L. - Musaceae

I, XIII, XVIII

2.00

0

1.00

E

Jiménez 691

Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers. - Crassulaceae

IX, X, XIII

2.00

0

0

E

Ochoa 274

Haematoxylum campechianum L. - Fabaceae

I, XIX, XVIII, XI

2.00

0

0

N

Rouzier 104

Ocimum gratissimum L. - Lamiaceae

I, XI

2.00

0

0

E

Mejía 1399

Ocimum campechianum Mill. - Lamiaceae

I, VIII, XI, XII, XVIII, XIX

1.67

3.67

0

N

Medina 276

Allium sativum L. - Amaryllidaceae

I, IX, X, XI, XII, XV

1.67

3.33

0

E

Jiménez 1519

Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. - Malvaceae

I, IX, X, XIII

1.67

0

0

N

Pimentel 1164

Zingiber officinale Roscoe - Zingiberaceae

I, X, XI, XIII, XIV, XVIII

1.33

2.33

0

E

Ochoa 315

Carica papaya L. - Caricaceae

I, VIII, IX, XI, XIII

1.33

1.67

0

N

Girón 227

Mangifera indica L. - Anacardiaceae

I, IX, XII, XIV

1.33

0

0

E

Girón 810

Spondias mombin L. - Anacardiaceae

I, XII, XIII, XIV

1.33

0

0

N

Medina 84

Crescentia cujete L. - Bignoniaceae

VI, XII, XIII, XIV

1.33

0

0

N

Jiménez 22

Terminalia catappa L. - Combretaceae

IX, XI

1.33

0

0

E

Arvigo 1061

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne - Cucurbitaceae

I, XIV, XVIII

1.33

0

0

N

Jiménez 127

Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench - Malvaceae

I, XIV, XVIII, XIX

1.33

0

0

E

Jiménez 683

Moringa oleífera Lam. - Moringaceae

X, XI, XVIII

1.33

0

0

E

Rouzier 129

Ocimum basilicum L. - Lamiaceae

I,VI, VII, IX, X, XVIII

1.00

3.67

0

E

Girón 168

Nicotiana tabacum L. - Solanaceae

VIII, XII, XIX, XVIII, XIX

1.00

1.67

0

N

Girón 130

Tournefortia hirsutissima L. - Boraginaceae

X, XVIII

1.00

1.67

0

N

Veloz 3024

Lippia graveolens Kunth - Verbenaceae

VIII, XIV, X, XI, XVIII

0

3.67

0

N

Ocampo 88

Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. - Burseraceae

I, XI, XII, XVIII, XIX

0

3.33

1.00

N

Aker 492

Hamelia patens Jacq. - Rubiaceae

VII, VIII, XII, XVIII, XIX

0

3.33

0

N

Medina 173

Ruta chalepensis L. - Rutaceae

I, VI, VIII, X, XI, XIV, XVIII

0

3.33

0

E

Medina 236

Parthenium hysterophorus L. - Asteraceae

X, XII, XIII, XIV, XIX

0

3.00

0

N

Arvigo 1097

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf - Poaceae

IX, X, XI, XIV, XVIII

0

2.67

1.33

E

García 2654

Cecropia peltata L. - Urticaceae

I, IV, X, XI, XIII, XIV

0

2.67

1.00

N

Medina 215

Allium schoenoprasum L. - Amaryllidaceae

I, VIII, X, XI

0

2.67

0

E

Medina 125

Spondias purpurea L. - Anacardiaceae

I, XI, XII, XVIII

0

2.67

0

N

Medina 84

Cocos nucifera L. - Arecaceae

I, XI, XII, XIV, XVIII

0

2.33

1.33

E

Jiménez 1512

Piper auritum Kunth - Piperaceae

X, XI, XII, XIII, XV, XVIII

0

2.33

1.33

N

Girón 273

Capraria biflora L. - Schrophulariaceae

I, XII, XIV

0

2.33

1.00

N

Medina 27

Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. - Asteraceae

I, X, XI

0

2.33

0

E

Medina 53

Tagetes erecta L. - Asteraceae

X, XI, XII, XIII, XVIII

0

2.33

0

N

Medina 237

Bixa orellana L. - Bixaceae

I, XI, XVIII

0

2.33

0

N

Medina 267

Struthanthus orbicularis (Kunth) Blume Lorantaceae

XI, XII, XIII, XIV

0

2.33

0

N

Medina 224

Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth - Malpighiaceae

I, XII, XVIII

0

2.33

0

N

Medina 69

Eryngium foetidum L. - Apiaceae

I, X, XI, XVIII

0

2.00

0

N

Jiménez 125

Kalanchoe integra (Medik.) Kuntze Crassulaceae

I, X, XII, XVIII

0

2.00

0

E

Medina 8

Plantago major L. - Plantaginaceae

I, XI, XII, XIV, XVIII

0

1.67

2.00

E

Medina 48

Heliotropium angiospermum Murray Boraginaceae

I, X, XI, XIX

0

1.67

0

N

Medina 152

Clinopodium ludens (Shinners) A Pool. Lamiaceae

I, X, XI

0

1.67

0

N

Medina 50

Brosimum alicastrum Sw. - Moraceae

VI, X, XV, XIX

0

1.67

0

N

Paredes 254

Manilkara zapota (L.) P. Royen - Sapotaceae

I, IV

0

1.67

0

N

Medina 39

Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng. Lamiaceae

VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XVIII

0

1.33

4.00

E

García 7541

Annona squamosa L. - Annonaceae

I, IX, X, XVIII

0

1.33

2.00

N

Medina 55

Anacardium occidentale L. -Anacardiaceae

I, X

0

1.33

1.00

N

FLORPAN 1870

Rauvolfia tetraphylla L. -Apocynaceae

I, VII, XII

0

1.33

0

N

Méndez 2476

Aristolochia maxima Jacq. - Aristolochiaceae

IV, XI, XIX

0

1.33

0

N

Medina 171

Aristolochia odoratissima L.- Aristolochiaceae

X, XVIII

0

1.33

0

N

FLORPAN 5695

Ehretia tinifolia L. - Boraginaceae

X, XV, XVIII

0

1.33

0

N

Méndez 2448

Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult. Caryophyllaceae

X, XI, XVIII

0

1.33

0

N

Jiménez 1353

Mentha citrata Ehrh - Lamiaceae

I, XI

0

1.33

0

E

Medina 287

Pilocarpus racemosus Vahl - Rutaceae

XI, XIII, XVIII

0

1.33

0

N

Medina 203

Urera baccifera (L.) Gaudich. ex Wedd. Urticaceae

XIII, XVIII, XIX

0

1.33

0

N

Medina 289

Mentha nemorosa Willd. - Lamiaceae

I, IX, X, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.67

E

Roig 4621

Justicia pectoralis Jacq. - Acanthaceae

VI, IX, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.33

N

Martinez 4758

Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G. Don. Asteraceae

VI, IX, XVIII

0

0

2.33

N

Medina 159

Mentha piperita L. - Lamiaceae

VI, IX, X, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.33

E

Medina 54

Origanum majorana L. - Lamiaceae

I, X, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.33

E

Boucourt 4759

Ruta graveolens L.- Rutaceae

VI, VIII, X, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.33

E

Soberats 90-04

Bidens pilosa L. - Asteraceae

X, XI, XII, XVIII

0

0

2.00

N

Boucourt 4767

Ocimum sanctum L. - Lamiaceae

I, IV, IX, X, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.00

E

Mejía 9143

Simarouba glauca DC. - Simaroubaceae

VI, X, XVIII

0

0

2.00

N

Jiménez 40

Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. - Verbenaceae

VI, VIII, XI, XVIII

0

0

2.00

N

FLORPAN 1933

Turnera ulmifolia L. Passifloraceae

I, VI, XI, XIV

0

0

1.67

N

Méndez 149

Tradescantia spathacea Sw. - Commelinaceae

X, XIII, XV

0

0

1.33

N

Jiménez 30

Rhizophora mangle L. -Rhizophoraceae

XI, XII, XIV

0

0

1.33

N

Durán 433

  1. Categories ICD-WHO: I = Infectious and parasitic diseases; IV = Endocrinal, nutritional and metabolic diseases; VI = Diseases of the nervous system; VII = Diseases of the eye and adnexa; VIII = Diseases of the ear and mastoid process; IX = Diseases of the circulatory system; X = Diseases of the respiratory system; XI = Diseases of the digestive system; XII = Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue; XIII = Diseases of the musculoskeletal system; XIV = Diseases of the genitourinary system; XV = Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium; XVIII = Symptoms, signs and abnormal findings; XIX = Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
  2. Afro = Afrocaribbeans; Ame = Amerindians ; Mes: Mestizos; R = Natural range (N = Native plants; E = Exotic plants).