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Table 3 Wood names of the 100 inventoried posts in permanent or temporary buildings (wood ranked according to the total number of citation per use)

From: Palikur traditional roundwood construction in eastern French Guiana: ethnobotanical and cultural perspectives

Botanic family

Palikur name

Rank

Permanent (total 85)

Temporary (total 15)

Annonaceae

Pukuu (seyne)

7

2

0

Kuukumwi (priye)

7

1

1

Kuukumwi (seyne)

8

1

0

Apocynaceae

Isuu ĂŁ

3

6

0

Chrysobalanceae

Bukutru gatew

3

0

6

Erythroxylaceae

Yawknabui duwĂ”

7

2

0

Fabaceae

Ãjelik

8

1

0

Arey avaini

8

0

1

Miumiu

8

0

1

Wakap

2

12

0

Goupiaceae

Pasis

8

0

1

Lecythidaceae

Avun

6

2

0

Kwatri (waxriune) seyne

5

6

0

Yawknabwi (seyne)

6

3

0

Myristicaceae

Wahusi (waxriuno duwĂ”)

7

1

0

Myrtaceae

Awaw

8

1

0

Olacaceae

Yawu

1

43

0

Rubiaceae

Kinuwup

7

2

0

Sapotaceae

Balata kamwi

8

1

0

Kuyau (kamwi) duwĂ”

4

0

5

Tukuyuy kamwi

8

1

0