Table 2 Most frequently used charm species among the 13 ethnic groups in the Guianas, their domestication status and possibilities for vegetative propagation

Caladium bicolor

C (W)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

11

Maranta arundinacea

D

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

7

Eleutherine bulbosa

C (W)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

6

Zingiber zerumbet

C

1

1

1

1

1

4

Caladium schomburgkii

C (W)

1

1

1

1

1

1

5

Capsicum annuum

D

0

1

1

1

3

Cyperus articulatus

C (W)

1

1

1

1

3

Hippeastrum puniceum

C (W)

1

1

1

1

1

1

5

Xanthosma brasiliense

C

1

1

1

1

1

1

5

Abelmoschus moschatus

D

0

1

1

2

Caladium humboldtii

C

1

1

1

1

3

Lycopodiella cernua

W

0

1

1

2

Mimosa pudica

C (W)

0

1

1

2

Montrichardia arborescens

W

0

1

1

2

Protium heptaphyllum ssp. heptaphyllum

W

0

1

1

2

Scoparia dulcis

C (W)

0

1

1

2

Total

50

6

17

59

13

14

20

34

8

16

19

4