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Table 5 Other useful species recorded in Salar HGs

From: Homegarden agroecosystems managed by Salar people on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

No.

Scientific name

Family

Uses

1

Artemisia argyi Levl. et Van.

Compositae

Medicinal

2

Buxus sinica (Rehd. et Wils.) Cheng subsp. sinica var. parvifolia M. Cheng

Buxaceae

Ornamental

3

Eucommia ulmoides Oliver

Eucommiaceae

Medicinal

4

Euonymus japonicus Thunb. var. aurea-marginatus Hort.

Celastraceae

Ornamental

5

Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino

Cucurbitaceae

Experimental, medicinal

6

Hordeum distichon var. nudum L.

Gramineae

Seed

7

Impatiens balsamina L.

Balsaminaceae

Dye

8

Mukdenia rossii (Oliv.) Koidz.

Saxifragaceae

Ornamental

9

Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. var. dillenii (Ker-Gawl.) Benson

Cactaceae

Medicinal

10

Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. var. tsinlingensis (Pai) Gong Tong

Scrophulariaceae

Shade

11

Picea crassifolia Kom.

Pinaceae

Shade

12

Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco

Cupressaceae

Ornamental

13

Potentilla glabra Lodd.

Rosaceae

Ornamental

14

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Leguminosae

Shade, ornamental

15

Trigonella foenum-graecum L.

Leguminosae

Dye, Spice