ESTUDO ETNOBOTÂNICO DE Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P. Queiroz EM UMA COMUNIDADE RURAL NO MUNICÍPIO DE BOM JESUS – PIAUÍ

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.94819240721

• Palavras-chave: conhecimento tradicional, pau-ferro, comunidade rural.

• Keywords: traditional knowledge, pau-ferro, rural community.

• Abstract:

  In Brazil, many are the ethnobotanical records, relating the cultural uses

  of the communities with the most different plant species. In the world the majority of

  traditional medicines used for primary health care, are derived from plants. Libidibia

  ferrea (Fabaceae), also known as pau-ferro or jucá, is a species native to Brazil, present

  in the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, widely used by the populations of the

  Southeast and Northeast regions for quite varied purposes. However, in many localities

  of the State of Piauí there are still few records of this use. This study had as objective

  to evaluate the knowledge of the residents of the Santo Antônio rural community, in

  Bom Jesus - PI about this species. A semi-structured questionnaire was applied to ten

  knowledgeable residents, selected by the snowball technique, identifying the actual

  use and potential use. Eight categories of use were cited, with emphasis on medicinal

  use and wood use (fuel categories and civil construction), with most of the citations

  being of real use. The species presents great versatility of uses in the rural community

  with great importance for the residents. New studies should be developed to assess

  the pressure of use on the species and to assess the existence of endangered species

  with a view to promoting sustainable use.

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