“…First, it has been argued that the pattern of ethnobotanical knowledge, in relation to social factors, is more strongly associated with plant use categories, including medicinal plants. For example, in the gender-related knowledge about natural resources use, men were currently reported to have higher knowledge than women (Kristensen & Balslev 2003, Wekerle et al 2006, although the trend is inverted when looking at medicinal plants (Begossi et al 2002, Souto & Ticktin 2012. That is, according to the category of uses, the pattern of plant knowledge might vary among the social groups.…”