Medicinal and edible plants of the Monterrico nature reserve RNUMM, Taxisco, Santa Rosa.
Keywords:
ethnoflora, ethnobotanic, medicinal plants, edible plants, Monterrico Natural Reserve, RNUMMAbstract
Abstract
An ethnobotanical research was conducted in 2011, in five communities located in the “Monterrico†NatureReserve - RNUMM: El Pumpo, Monterrico, La Curvina, La Avellana and Agua Dulce.The purpose of the research was to establish the medicinal and edible plants, and the traditional knowledgerelated to those plants in the nature reserve.We carried out 101 interviews to key informants belonging to the five communities. The research wascomplemented with visits and specimens collection in gardens, and natural areas. All the specimens weredeposited in USCG Herbarium of the Center for Conservationist Studies (CECON), where the taxonomicdescription was performed.A total of 181 species were recorded, 40 species are edible plants, 91 species are medicinal, and 50 specieshave both medicinal and edible use; 60% of the reported plants are native, and the majority of these werefound growing wild in gardens or in the last natural areas.These findings demonstrate the importance of the protection of these natural areas, and to assess and promotehome gardens within the reserve. The natural areas and the home gardens serve as reservoirs of medicine andfood for people of the area also are part of the identity and heritage to the new generations, in the form oftraditional knowledge, as a result of their long term interaction with nature.
Key words:
Ethnoflora, ethnobotanic, medicinal plants, edible plants, Monterrico Natural Reserve, RNUMM.
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