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Table 4 Evaluation of wild edibles using CFSI and RFC index

From: Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by Dulong people in northwestern Yunnan, China

Species names

Vernacular name

Indices

Ranking

CFSI

RFC

CFSI

RFC

Maianthemum atropurpureum

dong qi

4088

89

1

2

Caryota obtusa

a lei

1961

61

2

8

Cardiocrinum giganteum

a bo

1837

81

3

3

Maianthemum purpureum

dong ka

1265

54

4

12

Colocasia esculenta

gui

1190

45

5

17

Pueraria montana var. thomsonii

meng

823.2

56

6

11

Pueraria peduncularis

b ri

638.4

57

7

10

Dioscorea polystachya

na ba

606.4

77

8

4

Heracleum hemsleyanum

xi wa an

604.7

43

9

18

Angiopteris esculenta

mei leng

579.2

99

10

1

Dioscorea velutipes

ying

399.0

38

11

21

Aralia elata

bang a

273.8

73

12

5

Athyrium sinense

dao

262.5

70

13

6

Asystasiella neesiana

se you can

218.8

40

14

20

Dendrocalamus fugongensis

de wa

178.5

51

15

13

Dioscorea bulbifera

ki

173.3

22

16

29

Dioscorea pentaphylla

e jing

126.0

16

17

34

Dioscorea alata

reng dong

108.0

12

18

47

Osmunda japonica

na bu gan

87.75

50

19

14

Toona sinensis

zong

78.75

42

20

19

Cardamine tangutorum

a ga

73.13

65

21

7

Toxicodendron vernicifluum

de ki

60.75

9

22

56

Matteuccia struthiopteris

ceng

48.75

13

23

44

Saurauia napaulensis

da bu qiu

48.30

46

24

16

Pteridium revolutum

de leng

29.25

24

25

26

Cephalostachyum mannii

si meng

24.75

11

26

53

Maianthemum fuscum

dong

24.38

13

27

40