Table 1 Number and percentage of plant species belonging to the 9 ethnobotanical categories indicated by the 11 interviewees of the Quilombo do Cambury (QC) and eight of the Quilombo da Fazenda (QF), and the coincident ones. The species indicated in each quilombo total 195 (QC) and 175 (QF). As the same species may belong to more than one ethnobotanical category, they total 318 and 244 species, respectively
Ethnobotanical categories | No. species cited in QC | No. species cited in QF | Total species cited in quilombos | No. and (%) species coincident in both quilombos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. medicines | 82 | 92 | 174 | 40 (48.7%) |
2. food/spices | 72 | 59 | 131 | 23 (28%) |
3. construction | 44 | 32 | 76 | 10 (12%) |
4. shipbuilding | 42 | 04 | 46 | 2 (2%) |
5. handicraft | 33 | 11 | 44 | 3 (3.7%) |
6. technology | 24 | 23 | 45 | 2 (2%) |
7. combustion | 18 | 06 | 24 | 2 (2%) |
8. ritualistic | 01 | 17 | 18 | 0 (0.0%) |
9. ornamental | 02 | 00 | 02 | 0 (0.0%) |
Total | 318 | 244 | 560 | 82 (14.6%) |