Intracultural Variation in the Knowledge of Medicinal Plants in an Urban-Rural Community in the Atlantic Forest from Northeastern Brazil

Table 2

Distribution of the knowledge of medicinal plants by age group and gender in the community of Três Ladeiras, Igarassu, Pernambuco state, northeastern Brazil.

Age groups	NI	General average number of ethno-species	General average number of indications	NMI	NFI	Average number of cited ethno-species		Average number of cited indications		Total diversity of cited species	Number of exclusive species
						Male	Female	Male	Female
		𝜒±SD^∗	𝜒±SD^∗			𝜒±SD^∗	𝜒±SD^∗	𝜒±SD^∗	𝜒±SD^∗
18–28	43	8.8 ± 6^a	6.3 ± 3.6^a	8	35	5.37 ± 1.9^a	9.57 ± 6.4^a	4 ± 1.2^a	6.83 ± 3.8^a	85	10
29–38	44	11.66 ± 6.2^b	8.84 ± 4.6^b	8	36	7.6 ± 3.7^ac	12.55 ± 6.3^b	5.75 ± 2^ac	9.53 ± 4.8^b	103	11
39–48	41	11.98 ± 6.6^b	9 ± 4.9^b	12	29	8.83 ± 4.3^ad	13.28 ± 7^b	7.67 ± 4.5^ac	9.66 ± 5.1^b	99	12
49–58	28	16.39 ± 11^b	12.79 ± 7.7^c	7	21	11.71 ± 9.6^bcd	17.95 ± 11.3^b	9.14 ± 6.9^bc	14 ± 7.8^c	120	19
59–68	24	14.58 ± 8.8^b	10.7 ± 6.1^c	14	10	12.93 ± 9.4^bcd	16.9 ± 7.8^b	9.14 ± 6.3^bc	12.9 ± 5.2^bcd	112	19
>69	14	14.71±6.7^b	11.5±4.8^c	5	9	13.4±7.4^bcd	15.44±6.7^b	9±4.5^bc	12.9±4.6^cd	87	7

*Equal letters in the same column indicate a lack of statistical differences using the Kruskal-Wallis test (𝑃<0.05). NI: number of informants; NMI: number of male informants; NFI: number of female informants.