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Table 4 Wood names of the 860 components of frameworks inventoried 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 783)

Temporary (total 77)

Beam

Tie beam

Ridge piece

Crown post

Common rafter

Batten

Wind brace

Annonaceae

Kuukumwi (priye)

1

210

11

14

21

13

11

71

84

7

Kuukumwi (seyne)

2

230

13

11

17

12

18

68

103

14

Pukuu (seyne)

3

200

17

2

3

1

12

27

170

2

Kigiksau

8

10

0

2

3

2

–

3

–

–

Chrysobalanceae

Inutawviye

7

10

0

2

–

8

–

–

–

–

Bukutru gatew

9

0

9

–

3

–

2

1

1

2

Ebenaceae

Miret

6

0

17

–

–

2

–

10

4

1

Bignoniaceae

Kwik

14

1

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Erythroxylaceae

Yawknabwi duwĂ”

10

8

0

–

7

1

–

–

–

–

Goupiaceae

Pasis

14

1

0

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

Lecythidaceae

Avun

5

11

7

4

7

2

–

1

4

–

Kwatri (waxriune) seyne

10

6

0

–

–

–

–

–

6

–

Yawknabwi (seyne)

4

88

0

8

14

7

2

40

16

1

Moraceae

Pairi (seyne)

14

0

1

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

Myristicaceae

Wahusi (waxriuno duwĂ”)

12

3

0

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

Myrtaceae

Awaw

13

2

0

–

–

1

–

–

–

1

Sapotaceae

balata (duwĂ”)

11

3

0

–

–

–

–

2

1

–

Kuyaw (kamwi) duwĂ”

13

0

2

1

–

–

–

1

–

–