Table 6 WEPs with the highest and lowest use values (UVs)

Species with the highest UVs

Berberidaceae

Berberis jamesiana Forrest & W.W.Sm.

Snack (314)

Spice (209)

Medicine (126)

Culinary coagulant (112)

761

1.92

Rosaceae

Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) H.L.Li

Snack (379)

Other use (196)

Famine food (166)

741

1.87

Compositae

Artemisia capillaris Thunb.

Other use (346)

Medicine (156)

Famine food (67)

569

1.44

Dennstaedtiaceae

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Primary food (379)

Famine food (157)

536

1.35

Saururaceae

Houttuynia cordata Thunb.

Primary food (357)

Spice (109)

Medicine (34)

500

1.26

Oxalidaceae

Oxalis corniculata L.

Snack (250)

Spice (198)

Other use (13)

461

1.16

Compositae

Cirsium shansiense Petr.

Primary food (326)

Medicine (126)

452

1.14

Lamiaceae

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton

Spice (289)

Primary food (149)

438

1.11

Orchidaceae

Gastrodia elata Blume

Medicine (296)

Primary food (134)

430

1.09

Adoxaceae

Sambucus adnata Wall. ex DC.

Snack (235)

Medicine (142)

Other use (45)

422

1.07

Species with the lowest UVs

Helwingiaceae

Helwingia japonica (Thunb.) F.Dietr.

Primary food (105)

105

0.27

Equisetaceae

Equisetum giganteum L.

Medicine (102)

102

0.26

Orchidaceae

Bulbophyllum odoratissimum (Sm.) Lindl. ex Wall.

Medicine (100)

100

0.25

Amaranthaceae

Celosia argentea L.

Famine Food (99)

99

0.25

Cactaceae

Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose

Primary food (98)

98

0.25

Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodium japonicum Thunb.

Medicine (95)

95

0.24

Leguminosae

Spatholobus suberectus Dunn

Medicine (89)

89

0.22

Lycopodiaceae

Huperzia squarrosa (G. Forst.) Trevis.

Medicine (78)

78

0.20

Davalliaceae

Araiostegia divaricata var. formosana (Hayata) M. Kato

Medicine (67)

67

0.17

Aristolochiaceae

Aristolochia versicolor S.M.Hwang

Medicine (52)

52

0.13