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Table 1 Structure of knowledge of important medicinal plants from the 49 residents of Vale do Catimbau, 33 in Igrejinha, 8 in Muquém, 2 in Dor de Dente, 3 in Túnel, and 3 in Açude Velho [NE Brazil], in the years 2017 and 2019, characterized by a structural core and satellite plans after calculating the “salient threshold”

From: Short-term temporal analysis and children's knowledge of the composition of important medicinal plants: the structural core hypothesis

Knowledge structure in 2017

Knowledge structure in 2019

Order

Popular name

Salience

p value

Order

Popular name

Salience

p value

Structural core [n = 15]

Structural core [n = 11]

1

ameixa

0.4644

0.0000

1

ameixa

0.5347

0.0000

2

hortelã

0.4137

0.0000

2

quixaba

0.3373

0.0000

3

papaconha

0.3616

0.0000

3

papaconha

0.3193

0.0000

4

jatobá

0.3590

0.0000

4

aroeira

0.2977

0.0000

5

mastruz

0.3462

0.0000

5

jatobá

0.2803

0.0000

6

quixaba

0.3343

0.0000

6

mastruz

0.2584

0.0000

7

babosa

0.3147

0.0000

7

mororó

0.1929

0.0028

8

aroeira

0.3100

0.0000

8

alcansus

0.1790

0.0067

9

juá

0.2202

0.0001

9

erva cidreira

0.1690

0.0125

10

bássimo

0.2064

0.0006

10

babosa

0.1596

0.0228

11

umburana de cambão

0.1857

0.0029

11

bom nome

0.1477

0.0452

12

umburana de cheiro

0.1853

0.0030

Satellite plants [n = 66]

13

alcansus

0.1636

0.0128

12

hortelã

0.1429

0.0579

14

federação

0.1620

0.0148

13

angico

0.1376

0.0760

15

mororó

0.1422

0.0459

14

umburana de cambão

0.1374

0.0766

Satellite plants [n = 66]

15

bássimo

0.1359

0.0820

16

baraúna

0.1391

0.0535

16

umburana de cheiro

0.1172

0.1861

17

velame

0.1249

0.1059

17

sassafrás

0.1153

0.2011

18

erva cidreira

0.1174

0.1468

18

quebra faca do sertão

0.1084

0.2595

19

jurubeba

0.1137

0.1701

19

algaroba

0.0882

0.4707

20

alecrim

0.1101

0.1970

20

capim santo

0.0832

0.4714

21

sassafrás

0.1065

0.2266

21

jurubeba

0.0794

0.4239

22

algaroba

0.1060

0.2308

22

juá

0.0779

0.4043

23

quebra faca do sertão

0.0956

0.3310

23

federação

0.0742

0.3605

24

arruda

0.0942

0.3454

24

jenipapo

0.0701

0.3128

25

bom nome

0.0918

0.3735

25

caju roxo

0.0677

0.2845

26

caju roxo

0.0825

0.5145

26

arruda

0.0673

0.2797

27

carrapixo de boi

0.0751

0.4242

27

baraúna

0.0614

0.2164

28

pau d’arco

0.0734

0.4026

28

velame

0.0564

0.1711

29

romã

0.0608

0.2556

29

eucalipto

0.0562

0.1697

30

maracujá do mato

0.0591

0.2379

30

catingueira

0.0532

0.1441

31

angico

0.0528

0.1754

31

jurema preta

0.0518

0.1325

32

sambacaité

0.0480

0.1330

32

pau d’arco roxo

0.0474

0.0986

33

jurema preta

0.0438

0.1017

33

alecrim

0.0445

0.0819

34

mandacaru

0.0429

0.0953

34

alento

0.0406

0.0627

35

moleque duro

0.0408

0.0818

35

jucá

0.0396

0.0587

36

melancia

0.0405

0.0802

36

capeba

0.0372

0.0476

37

eucalipto

0.0394

0.0746

37

pau de leite

0.0372

0.0476

38

catingueira

0.0378

0.0651

38

rabo de raposa

0.0371

0.0472

39

manjirioba

0.0374

0.0625

39

maracujá do mato

0.0298

0.0252

40

capim santo

0.0359

0.0555

40

melancia

0.0298

0.0252

41

capeba

0.0324

0.0415

41

sambacaité

0.0279

0.0207

42

quina quina

0.0314

0.0379

42

moita de mulher

0.0273

0.0192

43

marmeleiro

0.0305

0.0349

43

quebra pedra

0.0257

0.0164

44

rabo de raposa

0.0257

0.0219

44

alfavaca

0.0256

0.0161

45

cana de macaco

0.0246

0.0191

45

mulungu

0.0235

0.0132

46

jenipapo

0.0233

0.0167

46

manjirioba

0.0231

0.0125

47

canelinha

0.0231

0.0163

47

manjericão

0.0216

0.0104

48

ubaia

0.0188

0.0089

48

boldo

0.0204

0.0087

49

alfavaca

0.0179

0.0076

49

coroa de frade

0.0168

0.0047

50

vassourinha

0.0173

0.0070

50

facheiro

0.0165

0.0045

51

pau de leite

0.0169

0.0066

51

cambuim

0.0164

0.0045

52

beladona

0.0168

0.0065

52

canafistula

0.0159

0.0043

53

pau ferro

0.0168

0.0065

53

carrapixo de boi

0.0155

0.0041

54

alento

0.0152

0.0051

54

marmeleiro

0.0154

0.0041

55

cebola branca

0.0149

0.0049

55

batata de purga

0.0148

0.0036

56

moita de mulher

0.0143

0.0045

56

folha miúda

0.0148

0.0036

57

mulungu

0.0141

0.0044

57

ouricuri

0.0141

0.0034

58

erva doce

0.0136

0.0040

58

umbuzeiro

0.0141

0.0034

59

umbuzeiro

0.0126

0.0035

59

biratanha

0.0122

0.0028

60

mata pasto

0.0125

0.0033

60

canzenzo

0.0122

0.0028

61

plenito

0.0122

0.0032

61

cana de macaco

0.0102

0.0019

62

cravo

0.0117

0.0030

62

mijo de ovelha

0.0099

0.0018

63

ouricuri

0.0115

0.0028

63

romã

0.0099

0.0018

64

carcara

0.0105

0.0026

64

vassourinha

0.0097

0.0018

65

cambuim

0.0100

0.0023

65

espada

0.0094

0.0017

66

jucá

0.0087

0.0018

66

maracujá

0.0094

0.0017

67

folha miúda

0.0080

0.0016

67

melão de são caetano

0.0094

0.0017

68

canafistula

0.0055

0.0012

68

canelinha

0.0093

0.0017

69

batata de onça

0.0045

0.0009

69

louco

0.0089

0.0016

70

urtiga

0.0040

0.0008

70

cabeça de nego

0.0078

0.0012

71

coroa de frade

0.0036

0.0008

71

beladona

0.0068

0.0009

72

pau de alho

0.0036

0.0008

72

marcela

0.0068

0.0009

73

cabacinho

0.0035

0.0008

73

caroá

0.0056

0.0006

74

endro

0.0034

0.0008

74

pau ferro

0.0051

0.0004

75

quebra pedra

0.0034

0.0008

75

pau d’arco branco

0.0043

0.0004

76

biratanha

0.0033

0.0008

76

maçaranduba

0.0041

0.0003

77

agase

0.0030

0.0008

77

cabuci

0.0031

0.0002

78

pinhão brabo

0.0029

0.0007

    

79

aveloz

0.0027

0.0007

    

80

espinheiro

0.0011

0.0002

    

81

maracujá

0.0011

0.0002