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Table 3 Species cited exclusively as collected by 195 interviewees, number of citations per species, uses, and salience (Smith’s index)

From: Invisible contaminants and food security in former coal mining areas of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil

Species

Smith index

Salience p value

No. of citations

Use

Psidium guajava L.

0.12

0.00

30

F

Plinia cauliflora (DC.) Kausel

0.09

0.00

25

F

Psidium cattleianum Sabine

0.07

0.00

18

F

Morus sp.

0.06

0.00

14

F

Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum (Mill.) Holub

0.05

0.01

12

M

Chelidonium majus L.

0.01

0.04

7

M

Bidens pilosa L.

0.01

0.01

6

M

Fragaria vesca L.

0.01

0.02

4

F

Justicia pectoralis Jacq.

0.00

0.00

3

M

Aristolochia esperanzae Kuntze

0.00

0.00

3

M

Achillea millefolium L.

0.00

0.00

3

M

Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.

0.00

0.00

21

F/M

Equisetum giganteum L.

0.02

0.28

16

M

Passiflora edulis Sims

0.03

0.42

12

F

Inga edulis Mart.

0.04

0.16

11

M

Baccharis spp.

0.01

0.08

9

M

Campomanesia xanthocarpa Mart. ex O. Berg

0.01

0.08

6

F

Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc.

0.01

0.06

4

F

  1. F food; M medicinal