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Table 2 Species richness and cultural importance of various use-categories and subcategories of wild edible plants

From: Traditionally used wild edible plants of district Udhampur, J&K, India

Use-category/subcategories

Number of species

Use-report (UR)

Mean UR

CI

F ic

Vegetables

46

626

13.6

7.1

0.93

 Vegetable (cooked)

43

457

10.6

5.2

0.91

 Vegetable (raw)

4

19

4.8

0.2

0.83

 Vegetable (preserved)

10

150

15.0

1.7

0.94

Fruits

37

547

14.8

6.2

0.93

 Fruit (processed)

9

73

8.1

0.8

0.89

 Fruit (raw)

35

474

13.5

5.4

0.93

Chutney

10

138

13.8

1.6

0.93

Spices

3

21

7.0

0.2

0.90

Beverage

6

46

7.7

0.5

0.89

Medicinal WEPs

36

436

12.1

5.0

0.92