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 | ||
