Conhecimento botânico local de plantas medicinais em uma comunidade rural no Agreste da Paraíba (Nordeste do Brasil)

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Simone da
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/15374
• topic: Etnobotânica; Plantas medicinais; Conhecimento Local; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Traditional knowledge; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ECOLOGIA

The present study registered the use, knowledge and importance of the medicinal plants used by the residents of the rural community of Palmeira, in the Municipality of Cuitegi-PB, Northeastern Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 74 informants (heads of families), aged between 23 and 98 years, 24 men and 50 women. The interviewees signed the free and informed consent form (Resolution 196/96). The IR, VUgeneral, VUcorrent and VUpotential, was applied. The botanical material collected in the field was identified, processed and incorporated in the Herbarium Jaime Coelho de Morais (CCA-UFPB-Campus II). It was used to compare VUgeneral, VUcorrent, VUpotential the Wilcoxon test. To evaluate the relationship and similarities between the VUgeneral, VUcorrent, VUpotencial and IR, the Spearman correlation test was performed. A total of 1482 citations and 142 species (72 exotics and 70 native) were found, similar values were found, belonging to 64 botanical families. The most cited species are Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. (Lemon balm) n = 65 (4.39%). Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (Capim santo) n = 63 (4.25%). The most prominent botanical families were Fabaceae n = 15 (10.56%) and Lamiaceae n = 12 (8.45%). The leaves were the most used part of the plant n = 738 (49.80%). The Decoct obtained the largest number of citations n = 423 (28.54%). The therapeutic indications reported by the informants obtained 98 different citations of use. Among the conditions mentioned, those presenting the highest numbers were: cough n = 273 (18.42%), belly pain n = 184 (12.42%) and disorders of the digestive system n = 315 (25.78%). It was identified that the backyards is an environment in which the families cultivate plants n = 815 (54.99%). Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. (Lavender) VUgeneral (0,88). Current value for money Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. (VUcorrent = 0.73) and the potential value of Anacardium occidentale L. (Caju-roxo) (VUpotential = 0.55). The most versatile plant was the Mentha x piperita L (Mineral leafminer) (IR = 2) showing the highest number of therapeutic indication citations. Significant differences were found between VUgeneral and VUcorrent and, between VUcorrent and VUpotencial. No significant difference was observed between VUgeneral and VUpotencial. However, there was a significant positive relationship between all indexes tested in the research. There are no significant statistical differences regarding the age group of the women and the species cited and origin. However, there are significant differences between the group of the women and the therapeutic indications. Through the analyzes carried out, it is understood that the medicinal plants are impotant for the residents of the community of Palmeira, being used for various therapeutic purposes mainly for the treatment of affections that reach the respiratory and respiratory systems.