Table 2.5 Uses of selected non-timber forest products (NTFPS)

TABLE 2.5 USES OF SELECTED NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPS)
Product Primary Use Location
Ant Larvae Bird food Banten, Indonesia
Bamboo (Moso) Bamboo mats and handicrafts Zhejiang, China
Bark (Cape Onionwood) Medicine Eastern Cape, South Africa
Resin (Benzoin) Incense North Sumatra, Indonesia
Brazil Nuts Food Vaca Díez and Iturralde, Bolivia
Cardamom Food, medicine Bac Kan, Vietnam
Woody Vine (Cat's Claw) Medicine Puerto Inca, Peru
Fruit (Allspice) Spice Puebla, Mexico
Garcinia Fruit Medicine Karnataka, India
Hearts of Palm Food São Paulo, Brazil
Marula Trees Fruit, beer, livestock feed, medicine, woodcarvings Bushbuckridge district, South Africa
Mulberry Bark Paper Sayaboury and Luang Prabang, Laos
Pine Resin Turpentine Pinar del Río, Cuba
Rattan (African Rattan Palm) Rattan furniture Central Cameroon
Rattan (Calamus) Rattan handicrafts and mats East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Roots (Fáfia) Medicine Paraná, Brazil
Rubber Rubber handicrafts Acre, Brazil
Sandalwood Essential oils for perfume East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Tendu Leaves Cigarette wrappers Madya Pradesh, India
Wood (Silver Oak) Woodcarvings Coastal Kenya
Wood (Parasol Tree) Woodcarvings Mpigi, Uganda
Source: Ruiz-Pérez et al. 2004; Shackleton et al. 2000b