Research Article

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.

FamilySpeciesPopular nameVoucher

Preferred
AnacardiaceaeMyracrodruon urundeuva AllemãoAroeira50872
CaesalpiniaceaeLibidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L. P. Queiroz (Caesalpinia ferrea Mart.)Jucá48664
CelastraceaeMaytenus rigida Mart.Bom-nome46182
FabaceaeAmburana cearensis (Allemão) A. C. Sm.Imburana-açu50486
Erythrina velutina Willd.Mulungu46180
MimosaceaeAnadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) BrenanAngico48663
Mimosa tenuiflora (Willd) Poir.Jurema-preta50871

Less preferred
AnacardiaceaeSchinopsis brasiliensis Engl.Baraúna49640
Spondias tuberosa ArrudaUmbu48652
BignoniaceaeHandroanthus impetiginosus (Mart. ex DC.) Mattos (Tabebuia impetiginosa (Mart. ex DC.) Standl.)Pau-d’arco-roxo50481
BurseraceaeCommiphora leptophloeos (Mart.) J. B. GillettImburana-brava48657
CactaceaeCereus jamacaru DC.Mandacarunc
CaesalpiniaceaeHymenaea courbaril L.Jatobánc
EuphorbiaceaeCroton blanchetianus Baill.Marmeleiro48653

nc: not collected.