Useful native plants in the American southwestern deserts

Krochmal, Arnold; Paur, S.; Duisberg, Peter C.

doi:10.1007/bf02898875

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“…Some examples are found in works by Lévi-Strauss (1952) about wild plants in tropical South America and by Krochmal et al (1954) focusing on native plants in the American south-western deserts.…”

Section: Americasmentioning

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The Consumption of Wild Edible Plants

Carvalho

Barata

2016

Wild Plants, Mushrooms and Nuts

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The Consumption of Wild Edible Plants

Carvalho

Barata

2016

Wild Plants, Mushrooms and Nuts

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“…Esto se ha confirmado ya que en la actualidad la gente local utiliza los preparados vegetales del ocotillo para aliviar el cansancio y la fatiga, algunos otros datos históricos mencionan que los indios Apache se bañaban en una decocción de las raíces del ocotillo y ponían sus polvos sobre inflamaciones dolorosas. Además, los nativos creaban vendajes para cinturones a base de la cera que recubre los tallos (Krochmal et al, 1954), y para desmanchar ropa utilizaban macerados de F. burragei, especialmente en prendas de lana (Martínez, 1945). En la actualidad, se sabe que los tallos frescos de F. splendens son utilizados en la medicina tradicional mexicana como remedio para mejorar la circulación pélvica, congestión, hinchazón abdominal, hemorroides, hiperplasia de la próstata, entre otros; la dosis habitual de tintura empleada varía desde los 3 a 5 ml tres veces al día, o dosis más pequeñas cuando se combina con otras hierbas en las fórmulas (Tabla 2) (Romm et al, 2010).…”

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El género Fouquieria: una revisión de aspectos etnobotánicos, fitoquímica y actividad biológica

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Las plantas del género Fouquieria se distribuyen en las zonas áridas de México y Estados Unidos de América. Siendo los estados de Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur y Chihuahua donde éstas se distribuyen especialmente en México; y en Arizona, Nuevo México, Nevada, Colorado, y Utah en Estados Unidos de América. Tienen usos diversos ya sea como plantas de ornato, plantas medicinales o alimento. Las infrutescencias de este género son en forma de panícula, color rojo anaranjado de forma alargada y acampanada. Según la comunidad rural, los tallos, raíces y flores de estas especies se utilizaban en la medicina tradicional para tratar enfermedades cardiovasculares y trastornos del sistema urinario, entre otras. Hoy en día, las investigaciones demuestran que los extractos tienen entre algunas otras actividades, la antimicrobiana, antihelmíntica, e insecticida, cuyos efectos son atribuidos a metabolitos secundarios (fenoles, saponinas terpenoides, alcanos, etc.). En esta revisión se dan a conocer los usos etnobotánicos, características fitoquímicas, actividad biológica y estudios tecnológicos reportados del género Fouquieria. DOI: https://doi.org/10.54167/tecnociencia.v15i3.840

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“…Agave , more so than A. comosus and O. ficus-indica , offers the greatest potential to be more extensively used as a crop in a warming and drying world (Yang et al, 2015 ). In the southwestern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, several pre-Columbian indigenous groups obtained food, beverage, fiber, medicine, and other vital products from several species within the Agave genus to persist despite living under harsh environmental conditions (Castetter and Underhill, 1935 ; Castetter et al, 1938 ; Krochmal et al, 1954 ; Brugge, 1965 ; Minnis and Plog, 1976 ; Parsons and Parsons, 1990 ; Parsons and Darling, 2000 ; Allison et al, 2008 ; Anderies et al, 2008 ; Fish and Fish, 2014 ). Table 1 provides an overview of the primary products derived from the more widely cultivated Agave species.…”

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Agave as a model CAM crop system for a warming and drying world

Stewart

2015

Front. Plant Sci.

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As climate change leads to drier and warmer conditions in semi-arid regions, growing resource-intensive C3 and C4 crops will become more challenging. Such crops will be subjected to increased frequency and intensity of drought and heat stress. However, agaves, even more than pineapple (Ananas comosus) and prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica and related species), typify highly productive plants that will respond favorably to global warming, both in natural and cultivated settings. With nearly 200 species spread throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, agaves have evolved traits, including crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), that allow them to survive extreme heat and drought. Agaves have been used as sources of food, beverage, and fiber by societies for hundreds of years. The varied uses of Agave, combined with its unique adaptations to environmental stress, warrant its consideration as a model CAM crop. Besides the damaging cycles of surplus and shortage that have long beset the tequila industry, the relatively long maturation cycle of Agave, its monocarpic flowering habit, and unique morphology comprise the biggest barriers to its widespread use as a crop suitable for mechanized production. Despite these challenges, agaves exhibit potential as crops since they can be grown on marginal lands, but with more resource input than is widely assumed. If these constraints can be reconciled, Agave shows considerable promise as an alternative source for food, alternative sweeteners, and even bioenergy. And despite the many unknowns regarding agaves, they provide a means to resolve disparities in resource availability and needs between natural and human systems in semi-arid regions.

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Useful native plants in the American southwestern deserts

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The Consumption of Wild Edible Plants

The Consumption of Wild Edible Plants

El género Fouquieria: una revisión de aspectos etnobotánicos, fitoquímica y actividad biológica

Agave as a model CAM crop system for a warming and drying world

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