Medicinal uses of plant species in background pasture areas in Northeast Brazil

Abstract

This study aimed to identify grazing background areas in the communities of St. Benedict (SB) and Patamuté (PT) in the municipality of Curaçá, Brazil which medicinal plants most used by the population, the amount and type of use, proposing to low importance value index (IVI) for reforestation. Interviews were conducted semi-structured form. For location and collection of plants, not probabilistic intentional sampling was performed. For the calculation of the IVI was carried out phytosociological sampling. The most used plants were Myracrodruon urundeuva (aroeira) in SB and Libidibia ferrea (pau-ferro) in PT. The maximum use values obtained were 1.33 and 0.77 aroeira in SB pau-ferro in PT. Both species have medicinal use in inflammatory conditions. The species M. urundeuva is among the smallest IVI, being proposed to integrate reforestation projects in the areas of savanna studied.