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| Ethno-botanical knowledge<br />
Table 27. Plant species with at least four uses<br />
Basketry/rope<br />
Botanical name Family Local name<br />
Gigantochloa sp. Poaceae Abung<br />
Artocarpus heterophyllus Moraceae Pa nây<br />
Calamus sp.1 Arecaceae Ki re<br />
Imperata cylindrica Poaceae A séc/Cá tranh<br />
Schizostachyum cf. gracile Poaceae A tang/Ilatuvia<br />
Unknown sp. 4 Myrtaceae Clem<br />
Unknown sp. 22 Unknown A cê lem<br />
Firewood<br />
Fodder<br />
Food<br />
Heavy construction<br />
Light construction<br />
Marketable items<br />
Medicine<br />
Tools<br />
8.3. Uses of trees<br />
For the local people trees in primary and secondary <strong>for</strong>est are useful <strong>for</strong> firewood,<br />
food, heavy and light construction, medicine, tools and miscellaneous uses (such as<br />
dye, shampoo, woody plant species taken from its original habitat and transplanted<br />
in the gardens to grow pepper on it; see Table 28). Trees in plantation <strong>for</strong>est are<br />
used mainly to obtain cash income from the latex from Hevea brasiliensis, the<br />
timber from Acacia auriculi<strong>for</strong>mis, A. mangium and the pulp from A. siamensis.<br />
Villagers also use them <strong>for</strong> house construction and firewood.<br />
From the garden, trees such as Artocarpus heterophyllus and unknown sp.<br />
30 and 31, are used as resource <strong>for</strong> firewood, food (fruit), timber <strong>for</strong> heavy and<br />
light construction, and as support stalk <strong>for</strong> pepper. Barringtonia macrostachya,<br />
which is the main tree in secondary <strong>for</strong>ests, is used <strong>for</strong> firewood and its fruits were<br />
important sources of food during the war.<br />
8.4. Uses of non-trees<br />
Based on the PDM exercise result, domesticated animals are more important<br />
resources than wild and purchased ones. Fortunately Khe Tran has plenty of<br />
different species of plants (89 species) that can be used as fodder (Figure 20). They<br />
only use non-tree species <strong>for</strong> that purpose. Even if primary and secondary <strong>for</strong>ests<br />
provide virtually many plant species that could be used as fodder, villagers do not<br />
need to go that far to get this kind of product because many varieties are available<br />
in the rice fields, gardens, plantations and shrub land, which are more accessible.<br />
Rice field has the highest number of plants used <strong>for</strong> fodder (19 species, see Table<br />
29), but only after harvest.
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