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Table 1 Species, reported by the participants of the chagras of the Ziora-Amena community Km. 7 of Leticia, Colombia

From: Assessment of biodiversity goods for the sustainable development of the chagra in an indigenous community of the Colombian Amazon: local values of crops

Names

Botanical family

Current distribution

RIR

UVI

Abundance

Common

Scientific

Ají

Capsicum spp a

Solanaceae

Neotropical

0.48

0.14

438

Algodón

Gossypium barbadense L.

Malvaceae

Cosmopolitan

0.39

0.07

250

Arazá

Eugenia stipitata McVaugh

Myrtaceae

Neotropical (Amazonian)

3.42

0.57

292

Asai

Euterpe precatoria Mart.

Arecaceae

Neotropical

1.69

0.29

792

Batata

Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam.

Convolvulaceae

Cosmopolitan

0.20

0.07

0

Bejuco (Sacha inchi)

Plukenetia volubilis L.

Euphorbiaceae

Neotropical (Amazonian)

1.33

0.14

375

Borojó

Borojoa patinoi Cuatrec.

Rubiaceae

Neotropical

2.68

0.50

700

Caimo

Pouteria caimito (Ruiz & Pav.) Radlk.

Sapotaceae

Neotropical

1.90

0.21

188

Camu camu

Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh

Myrtaceae

Neotropical

0.56

0.07

500

Canangucho (aguaje)

Mauritia flexuosa L.f.

Arecaceae

Neotropical

1.72

0.36

375

Carambola

Averrhoa carambola L.

Oxalidáceae

Neotropical, Paleartic

0.33

0.07

375

Chontaduro

Bactris gasipaes Kunth

Arecaceae

Neotropical

3.69

0.71

786

Coca

Erythroxylum coca Lam.

Erythroxylaceae

Neotropical

0.78

0.43

2833

Coco

Cocos nucifera L.

Arecaceae

Cosmopolitan

0.70

0.07

250

Copoazú

Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng.) K.Schum.

Malvaceae

Neotropical

4.03

0.57

1143

Daledale

Calathea allouia (Aubl.) Lindl.

Marantaceae

Neotropical

0.60

0.07

0

Dr+ma

Ruellia aff. Malacosperma Greenm.

Acanthaceae

Neotropical

0.28

0.07

0

Granadilla

Passiflora sp.

Passifloraceae

Neotropical

0.17

0.14

125

Guama

Inga edulis Mart.

Fabaceae

Neotropical

1.91

0.43

625

Jidoro

Rudgea sp.

Rubiaceae

Neotropical

0.11

0.07

250

Limón

Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck

Rutaceae

Cosmopolitan

0.68

0.29

417

Limoncillo (hierba luisa)

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

Poaceae

Cosmopolitan

2.07

0.36

542

Lulo

Solanum sessiliflorum Dunal

Solanaceae

Neotropical

0.40

0.07

250

Macambo

Theobroma bicolor Humb & Bonpl.

Malvaceae

Neotropical

0.50

0.14

750

Mejorana

Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson

Verbenaceae

Neotropical, Nearctic, Australian

0.06

0.07

0

Mucuracaá (mucura)

Petiveria alliacea L.

Phytolaccaceae

Neotropical, Nearctic

0.44

0.07

1250

Ñame

Dioscorea trifida L.f.

Dioscoreaceae

Neotropical

1.11

0.21

625

Pimentón

Capsicum annuum L.

Solanaceae

Cosmopolitan

0.36

0.14

688

Piña

Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Bromeliaceae

Cosmopolitan

5.51

0.64

4107

Plátano

Musa paradisiaca L.

Musaceae

Cosmopolitan

2.59

0.29

1250

Sacha Ajo

Mansoa alliacea Lam

Bignoniaceae

Neotropical

0.56

0.07

750

Santa María

Lepianthes peltata (L.) Raf. ex R.A. Howard

Piperaceae

Neotropical

0.22

0.07

1625

Stevia

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni

Asteraceae

Neotropical

0.11

0.07

0

Tomate

Solanum lycopersicum L.

Solanaceae

Neotropical, Nearctic

0.10

0.07

750

Ucuye (Huevo de toro)

Macoubea witotorum R.E. Schult.

Apocynaceae

Neotropical

0.50

0.14

125

Umari

Poraqueiba sericea Tul.

Icacinaceae

Neotropical

1.33

0.36

583

Uva caimarona

Pourouma cecropiifolia Mart.

Urticaceae

Neotropical

3.44

0.57

393

Yuca

Manihot esculenta Crantz

Euphorbiaceae

Cosmopolitan

4.58

0.57

5107

  1. Common names were checked in the database: common names of plants from Colombia [21]. Additionally, scientific names were confirmed at Missouri Botanical Garden [22] and in ICN-UNC [15]. Distribution was verified at Missouri Botanical Garden [22] [3, 6, 12, 21, 23,24,25,26].
  2. a Species grown in the Colombian Amazon are Capsicum chinense Jacq. (Ají amarillo o lulito), C. frutescens L (Ají malagueta), C. annuum, C. baccatum y C. pubescens [23, 26].