Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil

Table 1

Salience of the medicinal species most cited by informants from the Macaúba community, Barbalha, Ceará, Northeast Brazil (the native tree species used in the “four-cell” tools and “classification matrix” during the participatory workshop with local experts from the Macaúba site are in bold).

Species	Common name	Frequency of citation ()	Rank average	Salience	Collection point
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.	Malva do reino	52.8	4.6	0.403	Backyard
Mentha spicata L.	Hortelã	51.2	6.18	0.368	Backyard
Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão	Aroeira	47.2	10.23	0.244	local native vegetation
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex. Britton & P.Wilson	Cidreira	45.7	7.41	0.275	Backyard
Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf.	Capim santo	37.0	7.23	0.231	Backyard
Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel	Janaguba	36.2	7.04	0.24	local native vegetation
Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne	Jatobá	33.9	10.37	0.199	local native vegetation
Ruta graveolens L.	Arruda	33.9	9.65	0.219	Backyard
Stryphnodendron rotundifolium Mart.	Barbatimão	30.7	6.51	0.203	local native vegetation
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck	Laranja	28.3	12.17	0.13	Backyard
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.	Mentruz	28.3	12.22	0.135	Backyard
Centrosema sp.	Alcançú	27.6	10.09	0.165	local native vegetation
Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers.	Mava da Costa	26.8	6.97	0.176	Backyard
Rosmarinus officinalis L.	Alecrim	26.8	6.85	0.193	Backyard
Plectranthus sp.	Bodo	26.8	7.15	0.172	Backyard
Eucalyptus citriodora F. Muell.	Eucalipto	26.8	9.06	0.14	Backyard /local native vegetation
Croton campestris A.St.-Hil.	Velame	26.0	8.15	0.159	local native vegetation
Hancornia speciosa Gomes	Mangaba	24.4	9.52	0.15	local native vegetation
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Anacardium occidentale L.	Caju	22.8	12.21	0.9	Backyard /local native vegetation
Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.	Marcela	21.3	11.07	0.114	Backyard /purchased
Coutarea hexandra (Jacq.) K.Schum.	Quina quina	20.5	12.08	0.088	local native vegetation
Aloe Vera (L.) Burm. f.	Babosa	20.5	11.0	0.089	Backyard
Caryocar coriaceum Wittm.	Pequi	20.5	10.62	0.092	local native vegetation
Dorstenia brasiliensis Lam.	Contra erva	20.5	13.5	0.101	local native vegetation
Eschweilera blanchetiana (O. Berg) Miers	Imbiriba	19.7	15.8	0.07	local native vegetation
Bowdichia virgilioides Kunth	Sucupira	17.3	6.45	0.127	local native vegetation
Heliotropium indicum L.	Crista de Galo	17.3	12.0	0.091	Backyard
Ocimum gratissimum L.	Alfavaca	16.5	10.38	0.086	Backyard
Myristica fragrans Houtt.	Noz moscada	16.5	18.38	0.057	purchased
Astronium fraxinifolium Schott	Gonçalave	16.5	12.86	0.077	local native vegetation
Phyllanthus urinaria L.	Quebra pedra	16.5	12.71	0.083	Backyard
Copaifera langsdorffii Desf.	Podoia	15.7	15.1	0.064	local native vegetation
Ximenia americana L.	Ameixa	15.0	12.16	0.089	local native vegetation
Helianthus annuus L.	Girassol	15.0	16.05	0.065	purchased