Table 1 Relative diversity, abundance, and use categories of plant species
| Â | Chitwan | Rupandehi | Deukhuri | Dang | All farms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species diversity | 3 ± 0.26 | 3.22 ± 0.17 | 3.14 ± 0.14 | 2.99 ± 0.08 | 3.09 ± 0.08 | ||||
Species abundance | 9.4 ± 1.66 | 12.1 ± 2.06 | 9.6 ± 1.06 | 7.9 ± 0.69 | 9.75 ± 0.74 | ||||
| Â | Total sp. | Unique sp. | Total sp. | Unique sp. | Total sp. | Unique sp. | Total sp. | Unique sp. | All sp. |
All uses | 38 | 5 | 49 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 31 | 5 | 75 |
Fuel | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 17 |
Fodder | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
Food | 11 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 25 |
Timber | 15 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
Soil | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
Medicine | 29 | 2 | 38 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 56 |
Spiritual | 15 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 27 |
Pesticide | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |