The traditional knowledge about melitophile plants in rural communities in the city of Sigefredo Pacheco, Piauí

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Ederson de Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Patrícia Pereira de, Silva, Leide Dayane Viana da, Almeida Neto, José Rodrigues de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentavel
• DOI: 10.18378/rvads.v12i3.4408
• Texto Completo: https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/RVADS/article/view/4408
• topic: Etnobotânica; Apicultura; Conservação; Flora apícola.; Ethnobotany; Beekeeping; Conservation; Flora apiculture

The knowledge about plants with melitophile potential is highlighted in the research field, this way; these pieces of information are collected in the rural areas. Thus, ethnobotany, which studies the relation between human groups and plants, is fundamental, because it brings information about the species visited by bees as well as beekeepers and meliponiculturers, helping with environmental protection, especially native tree species and different bee groups. The objective of this study was to conduct an ethnobotanical survey about the knowledge the residents of two rural communities in the city of  Sigrefredo Pacheco, state of Piauí, about melitophile plants. The study was conducted through interviews in every house (41) of the two communities, totalizing 69 interviewees. 31 species were cited, and the family Leguminosae was highlighted.the most cited species were: Croton blanchetianus Baill. (25) and Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. (25), in which the native species stood out (77,4%). It is possible to observe that the younger portion had the smaller participation and about gender, it is noticeable that men presented a major number of citation addressing plants than women. The study concludes that the knowledge of melitophile plants is present among the residents of the communities, that they know the profitable practices to the conservation of the melitophile flora, though; they are not overspread in the community. It is necessary to know more and more the knowledge about apicultural flora in rural communities, in order to rescue and value this knowledge, as well as local conservation measures.