PLANTAS MEDICINAIS USADAS PELA COMUNIDADE DO POVOADO DE LAÇOS (TANHAÇÚ/BAHIA) E ENCONTRADAS NA FLORESTA NACIONAL CONTENDAS DO SINCORÁ
2012
SANDRA LÚCIA DA CUNHA E SILVA | SIMONE ANDRADE GUALBERTO | GUADALUPE EDILMA LICONA MACEDO | THIARA CARVALHO DA SILVEIRA | DÉBORA CARDOSO DA SILVA
Given the pressure on biodiversity, due to its use in an unsustainable way, particularly in the Caatinga biome, and the need to restore the popular knowledge, is that this paper was developed in order to conduct a survey of medicinal plants used by the community of Laços, Tanhaçú, in the state of Bahia. And identify, among these, those species that are found in the National Forest Contendas Sincorá, the city of Contention Sincorá, Bahia. The data collecting was done through interviews, having as a tool the use of questionnaires. The vegetal species mentioned by the community and found in the Conservation Unit were collected and sent for identification. The community were cited 92 species of plants used for medicinal purposes, of which only 10.9% were found in the conservation area and, among them, the species Bidens pilosa, known as ¿carrapicho de agulha¿, was the most cited (52.4%), followed by Amburana cearensis (27.7%), popularly known as ¿umburana macho¿. The paper showed that target community of the study uses many medicinal plants to treat their illnesses, however, few species were found in the National Forest Contendas do Sincorá.
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