Quantitative ethnobotany of two east Timorese cultures |
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Authors: | Sean Collins Xisto Martins Andrew Mitchell Awegechew Teshome John Thor Arnason |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;(2) USC-Canada East Timor, Dili, East Timor;(3) Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia;(4) Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;(5) Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | This is the first time aspects of the ethnobotany of East Timor have been reported. The medicinal plant traditions of two
distinct East Timorese cultures, the Laklei and Idate, were studied and compared using quantitative ethnobotanical methods.
A total of 86 medicinal plant species were identified. The medicinal plant traditions of the Laklei and Idate cultures were
compared using Trotter and Logan’s (1986) quantitative “informant agreement ratio.” On average, informant consensus was greater
in Laklei, suggesting a medicinal plant tradition that is more defined than in Idate, where informants are more likely to
use the same medicinal plants when treating the same usage categories. Furthermore, only 11 of the 86 medicinal plant species
documented were used by both cultures, of which only six had similar mentions. These findings have important implications
for the understanding of ethnobotany as they demonstrate how relatively closely situated cultural groups can have significantly
different traditional knowledge systems. |
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Keywords: | East Timor comparative ethnobotany quantitative methods informant agreement ratio informant consensus |
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