Plant Stem Bark Extractivism in the Northeast Semiarid Region of Brazil: A New Aport to Utilitarian Redundancy Model
Table 1
Plants suitable for the treatment of inflammation based on the preferences of the informants in the rural community of Carão, Altinho, northeastern Brazil. In parenthesis, the synonym by which the species is more widely known.
Family
Species
Popular name
Voucher
Preferred
Anacardiaceae
Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão
Aroeira
50872
Caesalpiniaceae
Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P. Queiroz (Caesalpinia ferrea Mart.)
Jucá
48664
Celastraceae
Maytenus rigida Mart.
Bom-nome
46182
Fabaceae
Amburana cearensis (Allemão) A. C. Sm.
Imburana-açu
50486
Erythrina velutina Willd.
Mulungu
46180
Mimosaceae
Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan
Angico
48663
Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd) Poir.
Jurema-preta
50871
Less preferred
Anacardiaceae
Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl.
Baraúna
49640
Spondias tuberosa Arruda
Umbu
48652
Bignoniaceae
Handroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos (Tabebuia impetiginosa (Mart. ex DC.) Standl.)