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Table 4 Mathematical analysis of interviewee’s response

From: Ethnobotanical perspective of antimalarial plants: traditional knowledge based study

Location

Total interviewees (M/F)

Occupation

Literacya (M/F)

Mean ageb (years)

Monthly incomec,d (INR)e

Agri

Non-agri

Gorakhpur

22 (18/4)

74 %

26 %

74.5 (79/54)  %

52.7

4915.0

Kushinagar

38 (27/11)

78 %

22 %

63.7 (68/53)  %

55.0

3887.0

Maharajganj

35 (28/7)

82 %

18 %

67.2 (72/48)  %

48.4

4093.0

Totalf

85 (63/22)

78 %

22 %

68.5 (73/52)  %

52.0

4298.3

Details of plants

 Surveyed plants

51

 Most commonly used plants

3

 Number of families of surveyed plants

27

 Number of families with two or more plants

12

Major plant families

 Fabaceae

7

 Asteraceae

4

 Acanthaceae

4

 Amaranthaceae

4

 Menispermaceae

3

Most popular plants (With PK ≥ 55 %)

 Adhatoda vasica Nees

 Cassia fistula Linn.

 Swertia chirata Buch.Ham

Geographical profileg

 Average annual rainfall

1148.3 mm

 Average relative humidity

68.33 %

 Average high temperature

30.92 °C

 Average low temperature

19.58 °C

 Average Mean Temperature

25.25 °C

 Average no of days with precipitation

44.88

Frequency of usage of traditional knowledge

Yes (%)

No (%)

70 (82 %)

15 (18 %)

  1. aCalculated on weighted mean %, M males, F females
  2. bMean of ages of M and F
  3. cBased on India census 2011
  4. dEconomics and Statistics Division, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, India
  5. e1 USD 61.11 INR
  6. fCalculated on arithmetic mean  %
  7. gBased on satellite imagery and Climate Research Unit (CRU) UK