This readme file was generated on 2024-08-22 by Petter Axelsson and provides a list and description of each file included in the dataset.

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DATASET GENERAL INFORMATION
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Title of dataset: A Bornean database of plant uses and their cultural contexts: Introducing BioCultBase/Borneo
Creator(s)/Primary investigator(s): E. Petter Axelsson (0000-0002-0906-8365), Daniel Lussetti, F. Merlin Franco (0000-0001-8036-096X)
Persistent identifier of dataset: https://doi.org/10.5878/perb-j286


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FILE OVERVIEW
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BioCultBase_2024-08-22.tsv
Actual data
BioCultBase_2024-08-22.xlsx
Actual data in excel format
References.txt
List of references contribution to data

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR BioCultBase_2024-08-22.txt
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Number of columns/variables: 18

Number of rows/cases: 4787
    
Variable list:
Author			Author of source
Title			Title of source article
Plant_species		Scientific name of plant species
Species_author		The author of the species if provided by the original article
Taxonomic_rank		Level of precition of plant name (Species or blank)
Synonym			Scientific synonym of species as from Kew plant database
Confimed_species	Successfull confirmation of plant species as from Kew plant database
Local_name(s)		Local name of plant species as provided by the original source
Locality		Place where the original infomation was collected as specifide by the original source
Ethnic_group		Ethnicity of informants as deducted from the original source
Ethnic_cluster		Ethnic cluster of informants as deducted from the original source
Tribe			Tribe beloning of informants as deducted from the original source
Sub-tribe		Sub-tribe beloning of informants as deducted from the original source
Official_Ethnicity	Officially recognized ethnic beloning of informants as from the 306 officially recognized ethniticies of Borneo
Plant_part		Plant part of cultural significance as specified below
Use_category		Assignment of use to one of the 23 categorical uses as specified below
Uses			Specific information of uses as provided by the original source
Source_precision	Precision of source (first order: information directly collected from informants by the original source, Second order: original source cite other sources that could not be accessed, Anecdotal: refering to use without any source, historical: information in the original source is of historic character.

List of Plant parts
Leaf
Wood
Bark
Root
Fruit
Seeds
Flower
Stem
Twig
Sap
Rhizome
Shoot
Tuber
Live plant
Buds
Whole plant
Nut
Bulb
Petiole
Other
Unspecified

List of Use_categories
Basketry
Biological control
Boat building
Ceremonial/Spiritual
Construction
Cosmetic
Dye
Fabric/Fiber
Food
Forage/Fodder
Fuelwood
Furniture
Handicraft
Latex/Gum
Musical instrument
Ornamental
Poison
Seasoning
Tools
Traditional medicine
Veterinary medicine
Wax
Wildlife
Other
Unspecified