Table 5 Ten WEPs with the highest usage values (UVs)
From: Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous regions of Semnan Province, Iran
Ranking | Scientific name | Usage 1 (frequency) | Usage 2 (frequency) | Usage 3 (frequency) | Usage 4 (frequency) | Usage 5 (frequency) | Usage 6 (frequency) | Usage 7 (frequency) | Usage 8 (frequency) | Usage 9 (frequency) | Usage 10 (frequency) | ΣUs | UVs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Allium iranicum | Rice_veg (11) | Co_sabzi (17) | Herb_stew (10) | Soup (9) | Salad (5) | Kashk (14) | Yogurt (3) | Pickle (1) | Ve_bread (5) | – | 75 | 1.7 |
2 | Mentha longifolia | – | Co_sabzi (4) | – | Soup (7) | Salad (6) | Kashk (25) | Yogurt (15) | – | Ve_bread (2) | Herbal_tea (7) | 66 | 1.5 |
3 | Allium umbilicatum | Rice_veg (22) | Co_sabzi (15) | Herb_stew (3) | Soup (8) | Salad (3) | Kashk (1) | – | – | Ve_bread (13) | – | 65 | 1.47 |
4 | Tragopogon graminifolius | Rice_veg (29) | Co_sabzi (15) | Herb_stew (7) | Soup (1) | Salad (9) | – | – | – | – | – | 61 | 1.38 |
5 | Lepidium draba | Rice_veg (18) | Co_sabzi (11) | Herb_stew (6) | Soup (15) | Salad (2) | – | – | – | Ve_bread (4) | – | 56 | 1.27 |
6 | Urtica dioica | – | Co_sabzi (15) | Herb_stew (3) | Soup (10) | – | Kashk (21) | Yogurt (3) | – | – | – | 52 | 1.18 |
7 | Falcaria vulgaris | Rice_veg (26) | Co_sabzi (18) | Herb_stew (2) | Soup (4) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 1.13 |
8 | Malva neglecta | Rice_veg (24) | Co_sabzi (17) | Herb_stew (2) | Soup (6) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 1.11 |
9 | Eremurus sp | Rice_veg (11) | Co_sabzi (12) | Herb_stew (11) | Soup (3) | – | Kashk (4) | Yogurt (2) | – | Ve_bread (5) | – | 48 | 1.09 |
10 | Atriplex micrantha | – | Co_sabzi (2) | Herb_stew (15) | Soup (7) | Salad (1) | – | Yogurt (12) | – | Ve_bread (6) | – | 43 | 0.97 |