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

Table 8

Value of use index of the different parts (PPV) of palm species assigned by the Kalunga community Engenho II, Cavalcante, GO, central western Brazil.

Species	Stipe	Leaf	Mesocarp	Seed	Palm heart
Acrocomia aculeate	0.02	—	0.43	0.45	0.05
Allagoptera campestris	—	0.01	0.25	0.72	0.01
Allagoptera leucocalyx	—	0.02	0.31	0.65	0.02
Attalea speciosa	0.01	0.24	0.05	0.67	—
Attalea compta	0.00	0.36	0.04	0.49	0.06
Attalea speciosa	—	0.22	0.05	0.65	0.04
Butia  purpurascens	—	0.60	0.16	0.14	0.02
Euterpe edulis	0.51	0.01	0.24	0.07	0.09
Geonoma pohliana	0.30	—	0.30	0.07	0.09
Mauritia flexuosa	0.06	0.29	0.46	0.02	—
Mauritiella armata	0.21	0.49	0.17	0.01	0.01
Syagrus comosa	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.11	0.80
Syagrus deflexa	—	0.04	0.27	0.57	0.07
Syagrus oleracea	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.29	0.59
Syagrus romanzoffiana	—	—	0.56	0.30	0.07
Syagrus rupicola	—	—	0.18	0.75	0.04
Average	0.08	0.16	0.20	0.36	0.13
Standard deviation	0.15	0.20	0.17	0.27	0.24