Contribution to the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Serre Calabre (Southern Italy)

Table 4.

Most recurrenttaxa sorted by Relative Frequency ofCitation (RFC).

 

Basic value

Indices

Taxa

UR

U

NC

FC

CI

RFC

Sambucus nigra L.

7

4

5

4

0.41

0.24

Malva sylvestris L.

6

1

4

4

0.35

0.24

Erica arborea L.

7

2

6

3

0.41

0.18

Ampelodesmos mauritanicus (Poir.) T. Durand & Schinz

6

4

5

3

0.35

0.18

Matricaria chamomilla L.

6

2

4

3

0.35

0.18

Spartium junceum L.

3

3

3

3

0.18

0.18

Urtica dioica L.

5

4

4

2

0.29

0.12

Anethum foeniculum L.

5

2

5

2

0.29

0.12

Daucus carota L.

4

2

4

2

0.24

0.12

Lavandula angustifolia Mill.

5

3

5

1

0.29

0.06

Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.

4

2

3

1

0.24

0.06

Umbilicus rupestris (Salisb.) Dandy

4

1

3

1

0.24

0.06

Laurus nobilis L.

4

3

4

1

0.24

0.06

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

3

3

3

1

0.18

0.06

Hypochaeris radicata L.

3

1

3

1

0.18

0.06

Mentha pulegium L.

3

1

3

1

0.18

0.06

Plantago major L.

3

2

3

1

0.18

0.06

Quercus ilex L.

3

2

3

1

0.18

0.06

Rosa sempervirens L.

3

2

3

1

0.18

0.06

Salvia officinalis L.

3

2

3

1

0.18

0.06

1 Basic values: UR = Number of interviews ('citations'); U= Number of different categories of use.

NC = Number of different purposes; FC = Number of informants mentioning the taxon.

Indexes: CI = Cultural Importance Index.

Indexes: CI = Cultural Importance Index.