ResumoO objetivo deste artigo foi inventariar as plantas utilizadas na medicina popular pelos membros da comunidade rural de Santa Rita, no município de Ituiutaba -MG. A avaliação foi realizada por meio de entrevistas, com um questionário semiestruturado, e posterior coleta das plantas indicadas pelos informantes. Foram realizadas 47 entrevistas e 127 espécies foram listadas, pertencentes a 55 famílias de Angiospermas. Para obtenção dos dados quantitativos foi calculada a porcentagem de Concordância de Usos Principais (CUP) de cada espécie; para identificar as indicações terapêuticas de maior importância, utilizou-se o Fator de Consenso dos Informantes (FCI). A CUP demonstrou que 5,5% das plantas citadas são amplamente utilizadas pela comunidade. As famílias botânicas predominantes foram Lamiaceae e Asteraceae, com 14 e 13 registros, respectivamente. A indicação de uso predominante envolveu, principalmente, afecções relacionadas a distúrbio emocional, conforme indicado pelo FCI. Salienta-se que 60,7% das plantas citadas neste artigo são espécies exóticas; desse modo, se faz necessário mais estudos para catalogar o conhecimento sobre as plantas medicinais nativas dessa região. Palavras-chave: Cerrado; Etnobotânica; Medicina popular AbstractEthnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the community of Santa Rita, Ituiutaba -Minas Gerais, Brazil. This paper aimed to inventory the plants used in popular medicine by members of the rural community of Santa Rita, in the town of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The evaluation was carried out through interviews, with a semi-structured questionnaire and subsequent collection of the plants indicated by informants. One conducted 47 interviews and 127 species were listed, belonging to 55 Angiosperm families. For obtaining the quantitative data, one calculated the percentage of the Main Use Concordance (cMUC) of each species; for identifying the therapeutic indications with greater importance, one used the Informant Consensus Factor (ICF). The cMUC showed that 5.5% of the plants mentioned are widely used by the community. The predominant botanical families registered were Lamiaceae and Asteraceae, with 14 and 13 records, respectively. The indication of predominant use mainly involved illnesses related to an emotional disorder, as indicated by the ICF. One emphasizes that 60.7% of the plants mentioned in this paper are exotic species; thus, there's a need for further studies in order to catalogue knowledge on the medicinal plants which are native to this region.
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