Local botanical knowledge of native food plants in the semiarid region of Brazil

Table 3 Distribution of traditional knowledge by gender among rural communities in the semiarid region of Paraiba State, Brazil

Community	Genre	Methods of use Χ ± SD	Citations Χ ± SD
Várzea Alegre	Women	1.85 ± 0.94^aA	3.21 ± 1.96^aA
Várzea Alegre	Men	2.30 ± 2.17^aA	3.38 ± 2.72^aA
Pau d’Arco	Women	1.00 ± 0.00^aB	2.66 ± 1.03^aAB
Pau d’Arco	Men	1.00 ± 0.00^aB	2.00 ± 1.41^aAB
Barroquinha	Women	1.09 ± 0.30^aB	1.18 ± 0.40^aB
Barroquinha	Men	1.00 ± 0.00^aB	1.14 ± 0.37^aB

Equal lowercase letters in the same column, within each region between genders, indicated the absence of significant differences, using the Mann-Whitney test (p < 0.05)
Different capital letters in the same column among regions for the same gender indicate significant differences, using the Kruskal-Wallis test (p < 0.05)

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