Use and Diversity of Palm (Arecaceae) Resources in Central Western Brazil

Table 6

Salience analysis calculated from the rankings of palm species by the Quilombo Kalunga of the Engenho II community, Cavalcante, GO, central western Brazil (in order of salience). IVs: importance values.

Species	Frequency (%)	Mean	Salience index	IVs
Mauritia flexuosa	100.0	1.70	0.882	0.977
Attalea compta	86.0	2.78	0.599	0.841
Acrocomia aculeate	81.4	3.09	0.527	0.795
Butia purpurascens	67.4	4.66	0.257	0.659
Attalea eichleri	50.0	4.05	0.242	0.489
Syagrus comosa	33.7	3.66	0.181	0.329
Euterpe edulis	32.6	4.71	0.124	0.239
Attalea speciosa	29.1	3.88	0.151	0.284
Syagrus oleracea	26.7	4.13	0.126	0.261
Allagoptera leucocalyx	24.4	4.48	0.103	0.239
Syagrus deflexa	18.6	4.69	0.072	0.182
Mauritiella armata	16.3	4.00	0.077	0.170
Syagrus rupicola	8.1	4.00	0.039	0.079
Syagrus romanzoffiana	8.1	4.14	0.039	0.079
Allagoptera campestris	1.2	6.00	0.002	0.011
Geonoma pohliana subsp. weddelliana	1.2	6.00	0.002	0.011