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Table 9 Number of species and recipes cited by the informants and their dynamic of use

From: Factors affecting the use of medicinal plants by migrants from rural areas of Brazilian Northeast after moving to a metropolitan region in Southeast of Brazil

Migrant

Number of species

Number of recipes

Recipes/species

Dynamic of use: number of recipes (percentage)

Maintained

Replaced

Discontinued

Incorporated

BA1*

70

110

1.57

91 (82.7)

16 (14.5)

1 (0.9)

2 (1.8)

BA2**

34

59

1.74

37 (62.7)

16 (27.1)

0 (0.0)

6 (10.2)

BA3*

11

19

1.72

15 (78.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (21.1)

BA4*

20

28

1.40

23 (82.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (17.9)

BA5*

26

27

1.04

14 (51.9)

5 (18.5)

1 (3.7)

7 (25.9)

PI1**

25

37

1.48

11 (29.7)

8 (21.6)

4 (10.8)

14 (37.8)

PI2**

29

35

1.21

15 (42.9)

9 (25.7)

4 (11.4)

7 (20.0)

Total

131

315

2.40

206 (65.4)

54 (17.1)

10 (3.2)

45 (14.3)

  1. *migrants from Atlantic Forest biome
  2. **migrants from Caatinga biome