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Table 5 Use value, use diversity and cultural importance index of the species used for making plant derived products

From: Plant-derived utility products: knowledge comparison across gender, age and education from a tribal landscape of western Himalaya

Species

UV

UDT

UDS

UDC

UDA

UDM

CIT

CIS

CIC

CIA

CIM

CITotal

Abies pindrow

0.013

0.50

0.50

-

-

-

0.01

0.19

0.11

-

-

0.31

Aesculus indica

0.004

-

-

-

-

-

0.05

-

-

-

-

0.05

Arundinaria falcata

0.033

0.50

0.13

 

0.25

0.13

0.83

0.08

-

0.93

0.25

2.1

Cannabis sativa

0.013

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.91

-

0.91

Cedrus deodara

0.079

0.42

0.21

0.32

 

0.05

0.46

0.46

0.81

-

0.03

1.76

Cotoneaster bacillaris

0.067

-

-

-

-

-

1.30

-

-

-

-

1.30

Desmodium elegans

0.004

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.35

0.35

Hordeum vulgare

0.008

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.55

-

0.55

Indigofera heterantha

0.004

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.35

0.35

Juglans regia

0.046

0.91

-

-

-

0.09

0.79

-

-

-

0.01

0.80

Picea smithiana

0.088

0.48

0.19

0.29

 

0.05

0.72

0.68

0.93

-

0.58

2.91

Pinus wallichiana

0.021

0.40

 

0.40

-

0.20

0.004

 

0.021

-

0.029

0.05

Quercus semecarpifolia

0.058

-

-

-

-

-

0.72

-

-

-

-

0.72

Salix alba

0.008

-

-

-

-

-

0.16

-

-

-

-

0.16

Sorbaria tomentosa

0.021

0.80

-

-

-

0.20

0.60

-

-

-

0.70

1.30

Spiraea canescens

0.008

-

-

-

-

-

0.24

-

-

-

-

0.24

Taxus baccata

0.013

-

-

-

-

-

0.19

-

-

-

-

0.19

Triticum aestivum

0.008

-

-

-

-

-

 

-

-

0.38

-

0.38

Ulmus wallichiana

0.029

0.57

0.29

0.14

-

-

0.10

0.30

0.01

-

-

0.41

Viburnum erubescens

0.004

-

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-

-

-

0.01

-

-

-

-

0.01

  1. UV= use value, UD= use diversity value, UDT= use diversity value for the tool, UDS= use diversity value for the storage structure, UDC= use diversity value for the construction category, UDA= use diversity value for the artefact category, UDM= use diversity value for the miscellaneous category, CI= cultural importance index, CIT= cultural importance for tool category, CIS= cultural importance for the category of storage structure, CIC= cultural importance for the category construction, CIA= cultural importance for the category artefacts, CIM= cultural importance for the miscellaneous category.