Ana Paula do Nascimento Lamano-Ferreira 3 RESUMOCom o crescimento dos grandes centros urbanos, a população humana altera seus hábitos em relação ao cultivo de plantas. No presente trabalho levantou-se o perfil de moradores que cultivam plantas em seus quintais e o uso das plantas cultivadas nos mesmos. Para isso, foi estudada a população dos bairros Presidente Dutra e Inocoop, no município de Guarulhos, SP. Foram realizadas 150 entrevistas e, dentre os voluntários entrevistados, a maioria foi de mulheres. Utilizou-se um roteiro de entrevistas e escolha aleatória dos domicílios pesquisados para conferir imparcialidade nos dados pesquisados. Os quintais residenciais do município de Guarulhos apresentam inúmeras finalidades além do cultivo de plantas, como espaço de lazer, trabalho doméstico, garagem de carro e abrigo para animais. Entretanto, em ambos os bairros houve a predominância de cultivo de plantas ornamentais, seguidas pelas alimentícias e pelas medicinais. Esses dados indicam preferência pelo cultivo de plantas ornamentais nos quintais da cidade de Guarulhos, SP. Uma provável explicação pode ser pela estética (ou embelezamento) oferecida pelas flores destas plantas ou o não consumo de plantas alimentícias e medicinais pelas entrevistadas.
Introduction: Among the human adaptive strategies, plant cultivation is one of the most important over the last ten thousand years. However, with the development of large urban centers, human population resign some habits in relation of plant cultivation. Recently home gardens have received attention as an important germplasm bank, preserving many non-commercial species.Objective: This study aims to investigate the diversity of plants cultivated in home gardens. Was also explored how the human population relation with these resources. Originality: Home gardens have a high potential to maintain resources for urban biodiversity through the variety of plants that are cultivated. However, predominantly small cities are targets of studies of this nature, and large cities are the ones that suffer the most from urbanization pressure. Thus, this work brings this approach to the second largest city in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. Methodology: The population of President Dutra and Bonsucesso in the city of Guarulhos, SP, was studied. We interview 150 people, being 102 at the Presidente Dutra district and 48 in Bonsucesso neighborhood. It was used a semi-structured and random selection of households surveyed. Results: The neighborhoods prevailed the cultivation of ornamental plants which were represented by 51 botanical families, followed by food related plants with 38 botanical families and medicinal plants with 15 botanical families. Contributions: These data indicate a preference for the cultivation of ornamental plants in backyards in the city of Guarulhos, SP. Conclusions: Residential backyards of the city of Guarulhos showed numerous purposes such as leisure space, housework, car garage and shelter for animals; however, there is a strong occurrence of cultivated plants.
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