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Table 2 Geographical origin (in bracket, number of informants), number of recipes, number of plants and number of allegations per informant (M: male, others: female)

From: Ethnobotanical survey of cosmetic plants used in Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Marquesas

Informant number

Number of recipes

Number of plants

Number of allegations

North

5

17

21

94

12 (M)

6

5

9

13 (M)

9

9

42

16

22

24

117

17

10

16

97

18

15

21

75

19

17

16

84

20

15

16

73

22

16

24

129

23 (M)

26

25

77

24

17

30

156

25

10

8

63

26

25

21

190

27 (M)

15

13

59

28

19

16

81

29

24

28

230

30

29

24

204

31 (M)

20

13

111

32

28

27

171

33

20

25

118

North (20)

Maximum

29

30

230

Average

18.0

19.1

109.0

Minimum

6

5

9

South

3

25

24

59

6

17

25

198

7

16

20

112

9

17

19

87

10

26

21

127

21

18

24

172

35

23

24

171

36

25

22

124

South (8)

Maximum

26

25

198

Average

20.9

22.4

131.3

Minimum

16

19

59

Marquesas (28)

Maximum

29

30

230

Average

18.8

20.0

115.4

Minimum

6

5

9

Female (23)

Maximum

29

30

230

Average

19.6

21.6

127.5

Minimum

10

8

59

Male (5)

Maximum

26

25

111

Average

15.2

13.0

59.6

Minimum

6

5

9