Table 4 Cultural importance index of dye-yielding plants used by Bai people
From: Indigenous knowledge of dye-yielding plants among Bai communities in Dali, Northwest Yunnan, China
Scientific name | Use purposes | CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dye | Food | Medicine | Others | ||
Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) O. Kuntze | 328 | 103 | 337 | 153 (OR) | 2.67 |
Punica granatum L. | 253 | 344 | 73 | 213 (OR) | 2.57 |
Gardenia jasminoides Ellis | 264 | 25 | 298 | 269 (OR) | 2.49 |
Morus alba L. | 177 | 344 | 275 | Â | 2.31 |
Juglans regia L. | 274 | 344 | 112 | Â | 2.12 |
Diospyros Kaki L.f. | 159 | 344 | 57 | 83 (OR) | 1.87 |
Cyclobalanopsis delavayi (Franch.) Schott. | 312 | Â | 261 | 64 (FI) | 1.85 |
Curcuma longa L. | 269 | 46 | 243 | 73 (OR) | 1.83 |
Impatiens balsamina L. | 287 | Â | 143 | 174 (OR) | 1.76 |
Carthamus tinctorius L. | 241 | Â | 313 | Â | 1.61 |
Coptis chinensis Franch. | 212 | Â | 317 | Â | 1.54 |
Allium cepa L. | 149 | 344 | 9 | Â | 1.46 |
Onosma paniculatum Bur. et Fr. | 291 | Â | 197 | Â | 1.42 |
Caesalpinia sappan Linn. | 247 | Â | 211 | Â | 1.33 |
Rubia cordifolia L. | 271 | Â | 179 | Â | 1.31 |
Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn. | 93 | 76 | 274 | Â | 1.29 |
Alnus ferdinandi-coburgii Schneid. | 317 | Â | 84 | 41 (FI) | 1.28 |
Coriaria nepalensis Wall. | 321 | Â | 39 | 46 (FI) 23 (FE) | 1.25 |
Quercus acutissima Carruth. | 301 | Â | 33 | 78 (FI) | 1.20 |
Eupatorium adenophora Spreng. | 301 | Â | 16 | 12 (FE) | 0.96 |
Buddleja officinalis Maxim. | 154 | 21 | 47 | Â | 0.65 |
Bidens pilosa L. | 156 | Â | 27 | 8 (FE) | 0.56 |
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. assamica (Mast.) Kitamura | 65 | 39 | 13 | 21 (OR) | 0.40 |