“…Although not commonly used for ornamental purposes, V. curassavica has an interesting potential in this regard, with a shrubby growth habit, dense inflorescences and white flowers, visited by a series of pollinators mainly Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera (Brandão et al, 2015;Marques et al, 2019). Given the adaptability of the species to sandy areas of the Restinga (Hoeltgebaum and Reis, 2017) a seriously threatened ecosystem in Brazil, V. curassavica can consist of a strategic species to compose projects of functional landscaping, where plants are grown, in addition to their ornamental features, by their ecological functions or economic uses, integrating decoration with functionality (Alencar and Cardoso, 2015) Currently, however, the importance of V. curassavica comes mainly from the production of essential oil, commercially used in the form of analgesic and antiinflammatory drugs and muscle relaxants (Gilbert and Favoreto, 2012;Marques et al, 2019). Among these drugs, the topical anti-inflammatory Acheflan®, an herbal medicine, stands out.…”