Table 1 Use categories
From: Local plant knowledge and its variation among farmer’s families in the Napf region, Switzerland
Culinary | The plant or parts of it is eaten raw or cooked or used for preparations like syrup, juice, herbal teas (without any medicinal indication) and alcoholic drinks |
Medicinal | Uses for the medicinal treatment of humans |
Ornamental | The plant is used for decoration or grown as ornamental plant |
Wood | Firewood, timber, wood used for handicraft (mostly carpenter wood, but also, e.g., basket weaving) and “wood” which was mentioned without precise use |
Toy | The plant is used to play with |
Fodder | The plant is grazed by animals or fed to animals, including plants said to be good nectar suppliers for honeybees |
Veterinary medicine | Uses for the medicinal treatment of animals |
Other | E.g., herbal preparations to treat the garden plants, clover sown as fertilizer, plant characteristics used for weather forecasts, canes to herd animals, plants used in religious context etc |