Table 1 Types of vendors of medicinal plants and definitions of participants within the herbal market
From: Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China
Vendors | Definition |
|---|---|
Rural harvesters | Individuals who come from the rural areas surrounding the Kaili, bringing fresh medicinal plants collected by themselves from natural habitats or home gardens. They have good knowledge of Miao medicine |
Small retailers | Individuals who occasionally go to Kaili to trade herbal plants to customers, bringing fresh medicinal plants collected by themselves or rural harvesters. They have common knowledge of Miao medicine |
Licensed vendors | Individuals who rent a stall in the market import medicinal plants from all over the country. They have poor knowledge of Miao medicine |