Plantas medicinais em feiras e mercados públicos do Distrito Florestal Sustentável da BR-163, estado do Pará, Brasil

Abstract

Plantas medicinais em feiras e mercados públicos do DistritoFlorestal Sustentável da BR-163, estado do Pará, Brasil In order to understand the productive chain from extractive medicinal plants marketed at emporiums, fairs and public markets of districts of this area, semi-structured interviews with 20 vendors of medicinal plants were carried out. Species richness was estimated by Bootstrap and similarity among the districts studied was analyzed by Sørensen's Index. 46 medicinal plants belonging to 42 genera and 21 botanical families were identifi ed. Fabaceae, Anacardiaceae and Bignoniaceae were the most representative botanical families. Th e expected richness for the sample was 50 species and additional collecting would increase by at least four items the general list of richness. Santarém, Itaituba and Altamira share a larger number of species and the fi rst is shown to be a diversifi ed center of medicinal products, presenting the largest number of exclusive occurrences (14). Th e fairs and public markets are an important link of this distribution system, and should be included in government actions concerning public policies for health.

Cadeia produtiva do piquiá no município de Santarém, Estado do Pará, Brasil

“…O que é pouco comum, visto que em outras cadeias produtivas geralmente o extrativista depende de atravessadores para realizar o escoamento de seus produtos até o mercado consumidor (IDESP, 2011). Lima et al (2011) relataram em seu trabalho sobre a comercialização de plantas medicinais em feiras e mercados públicos do Distrito Florestal Sustentável da BR-163, Pará, que o comerciante depende de outros atores para adquirir seusprodutos e disponibilizá-los ao consumidor final.…”

Useful plants referenced by the naturalist Richard Spruce in the 19th century in the state of Pará, Brazil

“…Twenty-eight other plants were recorded by Spruce along with their traditional uses, although other applications, principally medicinal uses, were adopted over time (Attalea spectabilis, Bertholletia excelsa, Bellucia dichotoma, Curatella americana, Doliocarpus brevipedicellatus, Genipa americana, Hymenaea courbaril, Lecythis sp., Licania octandra, Mabea fistulifera, Socratea exorrhiza, Theobroma speciosum, Vismia guianensis, and Talisia cerasina). The current medicinal uses of some of these plants deserve emphasis: the bark of B. dichotoma is used in local communities of Santarém to treat snake bites (Moura et al 2015); G. americana has been used for medicinal purposes due to its antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory, aphrodisiac, tonic, diuretic, antianemic, antihemorrhagic and insetrifuge activities (Pimentel 1994;Souza et al 1996); the peel and resin of H. courbaril is commonly marketed at fairs in Santarém (Lima et al 2011) and Belém for the treatment of colds and headaches (Berg 2010), as well as bronchitis, diarrhea, worms, colic, and cancer treatment (Shanley & Medina 2005); and reports of astringent properties for the bark of L. octandra (Pio Corrêa 1969-1978.…”

How are legal matters related to the access of traditional knowledge being considered in the scope of ethnobotany publications in Brazil?

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