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Table 3 List of the 29 indicator species associated with 10 cultural groups from French Guiana and classified according to the decreasing Indval index

From: Phytotherapies in motion: French Guiana as a case study for cross-cultural ethnobotanical hybridization

Species

Family

Indval

URs

P value

Associated groups

Allium cepa L.

Amaryllidaceae

0.430

11

0.002**

Peruvians and Dominicans

Vernonia condensata Baker

Asteraceae

0.393

8

0.003**

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Carapa guianensis Aubl.

Meliaceae

0.354

57

0.001***

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Persea americana Mill.

Lauraceae

0.349

11

0.001***

Guyanese

Momordica charantia L.

Cucurbitaceae

0.337

51

0.001***

Haitians

Lippia micromera Schauer

verbenaceae

0.311

11

0.004**

Europeans

Picrolemma sprucei Hook. f.

Simaroubaceae

0.310

4

0.011*

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.

Asteraceae

0.306

5

0.011*

Guyanese

Petiveria alliacea L.

Phytolaccaceae

0.302

31

0.003**

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.

Areceaceae

0.292

42

0.002**

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench

Malvaceae

0.291

8

0.006**

Guyanese

Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A.H. Gentry

Bignoniaceae

0.290

14

0.005**

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Cecropia spp.

Urticaceae

0.255

20

0.011*

Guyanese

Jatropha gossypifolia L.

Euphorbiaceae

0.237

12

0.011*

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

Apocynaceae

0.212

6

0.038*

Kali’na

Fraxinus ornus L.

Oleaceae

0.197

12

0.034*

French Guianese Créoles

Passiflora edulis Sims

Passifloraceae

0.196

4

0.009**

Peruvians and Dominicans

Dalbergia monetaria L. f.

Fabaceae

0.188

11

0.039*

Galibi-Marwono et Karipuna

Piper peltatum L.

Piperaceae

0.183

11

0.049*

St Lucians

Annona squamosa L.

Bromeliaceae

0.182

29

0.047*

St Lucians

Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

Amaranthaceae

0.179

38

0.024*

Brazilians

Phyllanthus amarus Schumach. & Thonn.

Phyllanthaceae

0.179

40

0.029*

St Lucians

Tanaecium bilabiatum (Sprague) L.G. Lohmann

Bignoniaceae

0.167

5

0.030*

Aluku, Paamaka, Ndjuka, Saamaka Maroons

Struchium sparganophorum (L.) Kuntze

Asteraceae

0.167

5

0.031*

Aluku, Paamaka, Ndjuka, Saamaka Maroons

Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.

Lamiaceae

0.159

18

0.042*

Peruvians and Dominicans

Plantago major L.

Plantaginaceae

0.143

5

0.033*

St Lucians

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.

Fabaceae

0.143

5

0.039*

St Lucians

  1. *significant (p value comprised between 0.05 and 0.01)
  2. **highly significant (p value comprised between 0.01 and 0.001)
  3. ***very highly significant (p value under 0.001 included)
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