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Table 2 Categories based on Paraguayans’ justification for pile sorting (all localities)

From: Cognition, culture and utility: plant classification by Paraguayan immigrant farmers in Misiones, Argentina

Etic category – reasons for plant classification

Nr of citations

Medicinal uses and medicinal properties

305

Edible uses

45

Cultural uses

22

Morphology

9

Ecology (grade of domestication)

4

Household uses

2