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Table 5 The top 30 most important wild edible plants recommended for cultivation, conservation, and sustainable use

From: Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by three trans-boundary ethnic groups in Jiangcheng County, Pu’er, Southwest China

Family name

Scientific name

TSLCHPa

NPLCb

IUCNc

Elephantd

UVe

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera siamensis Warbg. ex Craib

EN

   

1.00

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera sylvatica Roxb.

EN

2

EN

Y

0.94

Anacardiaceae

Spondias pinnata (L. F.) Kurz

   

Y

0.94

Apocynaceae

Amalocalyx microlobus Pierre

   

Y

0.98

Araliaceae

Panax zingiberensis C.Y. Wu & K.M. Feng

EN

1

EN

 

0.14

Arecaceae

Caryota obtusa Griffith

VU

2

 

Y

0.49

Bignoniaceae

Mayodendron igneum (Kurz) Kurz

   

Y

0.99

Bignoniaceae

Oroxylum indicum (L.) Bentham ex Kurz

   

Y

0.97

Cabombaceae

Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel.

CR

1

CR

 

0.25

Cycadaceae

Cycas pectinata Buchanan-Hamilton

VU

1

VU

Y

0.12

Dilleniaceae

Dillenia indica L.

EN

  

Y

0.83

Elaeocarpaceae

Elaeocarpus austroyunnanensis Hu

VU

   

0.45

Euphorbiaceae

Baccaurea ramiflora Loureiro

   

Y

0.99

Fabaceae

Acacia pennata (L.) Willd.

   

Y

0.99

Fabaceae

Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Roxb.) Voigt

   

Y

0.99

Menispermaceae

Parabaena sagittata Miers

   

Y

1.00

Moraceae

Ficus auriculata Lour.

   

Y

0.93

Moraceae

Ficus virens Aiton

   

Y

0.93

Moraceae

Morus alba L.

   

Y

0.93

Orchidaceae

Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl.

VU

1

VU

 

0.52

Orchidaceae

Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. ex Paxton

EN

1

EN

 

0.51

Orchidaceae

Dendrobium cucullatum R. Br. ex Lindl.

VU

   

0.52

Orchidaceae

Dendrobium devonianum Paxton

EN

1

EN

 

0.51

Poaceae

Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Nees & Arn. ex Munro

   

Y

1.00

Poaceae

Pleioblastus amarus (Keng) Keng f.

   

Y

1.00

Polygonaceae

Fagopyrum dibotrys (D. Don) Hara

   

Y

0.98

Rutaceae

Zanthoxylum myriacanthum var. pubescens (C.C. Huang) C.C. Huang

VU

   

0.19

Solanaceae

Solanum torvum Swartz

   

Y

0.96

Lamiaceae

Gmelina arborea Roxb.

VU

   

0.36

Zingiberaceae

Etlingera yunnanensis (T. L. Wu & S. J. Chen) R. M. Smith

VU

2

  

0.20

  1. aTSLCHP Threated Species List of China’s Higher Plants, EN endangered, VU vulnerable, CR is critically endangered, “-” means not included or data deficiency
  2. bNPLC National Protection level in China
  3. cIUCN is the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  4. dAsian elephant forage plants; Y yes
  5. eUV use value