Ethnobotany of the Aegadian Islands: safeguarding biocultural refugia in the Mediterranean

Table 3 Informant consensus factor analysis for plants and fungi

Category of use	Number of taxa (N_t)	Number of use citations (N_uc)	Informant consensus factor (F_ic)
*General category of use*
Ethnoveterinary	22	77	0.72
Food	56	378	0.85
Household	43	263	0.84
Maritime	9	35	0.76
Nuisance	6	29	0.82
*Human medicinal use*
Cardiovascular	4	8	0.57
Dermatological	25	88	0.72
Gastrointestinal	13	94	0.87
General health	19	95	0.81
Musculoskeletal/ neurological	6	44	0.88
Optometric	2	2	--
Oral health	4	13	0.75
Otolaryngological/ respiratory	10	28	0.67
Urological	8	57	0.88
*Total*	*227*	*1211*

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