Levantamento etnobotânico na comunidade rural de Santa Marta, Corrente - PI

Abstract

The ethnobotanical knowledge about the use of medicinal plants comes from many years ago, being widely used by rural, indigenous, and other communities. Since the Cerrado has a rich diversity of plant species that have therapeutic properties, the study and appropriation of such use has been developing and proving its purpose, making it a viable and beneficial alternative for people. In this perspective, the present study had the objective of ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of the use and appropriation of native species of Cerrado used in the rural community of Santa Marta, municipality of Corrente (PI). Ethnobotanical research was carried out from July 2018 to March 2019 in the rural community of Santa Marta. It was divided into two plots and both were destined to the elders, because they had more knowledge about the use of medicinal plants , the first one was carried out by means of a transversal walk with some residents and the second one was the application of a semi structured questionnaire of qualiquantitavo character. A total of 90 species of medicinal plants used by residents of the rural community of Santa Marta were registered. It was found that there was a greater participation of the female gender, representing about 63.63% and male with 36.36%, in relation to age of respondents about 22.73% are between 40 and 50 years old, 18.18% are between 50 and 60 years old and with the highest percentage of respondents, about 59.09% of respondents have more than 60 years of age, which is worth both genders. In the case of the species most cited by the interviewees, it was verified that the most frequently used species are sweet and mint with about 36.36%, beach watermelon with 27.27%, lemon grass with 18.18%, followed by rosemary, ginger, imburana and lemon with 13.64% and pequi with 4.54%. Through the information obtained it was possible to carry out the ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants used in the rural community of Santa Marta and, besides, of the use and knowledge that the people possess. By building this relationship between the community and the knowledge about the use of medicinal plants, it is of great value to people's lives, contributing to the conservation of the regional culture, thus contributing to its appreciation.