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For food and medicine they use, respectively, 39 and 22 non-tree species
(Figure 20). Centella asiatica (Rau ma/Pahy), a major wild vegetable, is used for
food and medicine, as well as sold in the market.
Table 29. Distribution of non-tree species considered useful per plot and per use
category
Basketry/rope
Firewood
Fodder
Food
Heavy construction
number
Plot
Land type
Garden
4
6 1 1
24
8
7
7
1
1 1
1
3
5
5
3
2 1
46
27
Plantation 1 12 4 1 1 1 5 1 25
forest
5 1 12 5 1 3 1 1 1 39
Primary forest 7 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 33
Rice field 10 19 5 2 2 1 31
Secondary
forest
3
9
11
4
3
1
5
2
4
3
7
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
3
4
1
3
1
2
2
36
51
36
Shrub land
2
8
1 11
11
4
2 2
1
1 1 1
1 30
24
8.5. Forest as resource of useful plants
The most important useful species recorded from the forest are used for firewood
(101 species), followed by species for heavy construction (41 species) and food
(35 species), as shown in Figure 21. The local people use not only wood species
for firewood but also bamboo (Gigantocloa sp. 1, Schizostachyum cf. gracile and
Stixis scandens).
Secondary forest has more species (18) used for the food category than
plantation and primary forests (13 and 5 species, respectively), all plant forms
considered. The species from primary forest are Artocarpus styracifolius
(Moraceae), Linociera cf. ramiflora (Oleaceae), Zingiber sp. 2 (Zingiberaceae),
Schizostachyum cf. gracile (Poaceae) and Tetracera sarmentosa ssp. asiatica
(Dilleniaceae).
There are several plants from the forest, especially from plantation and
secondary forests, appreciated by children for food: Catimbium breviligulatum
(young stem), Dracaena sp. (shoot), Gnetum cf. montanum (fruit), Fibraurea
recisa (fruit), Linociera cf. ramiflora (flower), Melastoma sp. 2 (fruit), Physalis
angulata (fruit), Psychotria sp. 2 (fruit), Randia spinosa (fruit), Rubus sp. 2 (fruit)
and Stixis suaveolens (fruit).
Hunting function
Light construction
Marketable item
Medicine
Ornamental/ritual
Miscellaneous
Recreation
Tools
Total number of species