IMBIV   05474
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE BIOLOGIA VEGETAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Conocimiento y utilización de plantas medicinales por pobladores rurales del Bosque Chaqueño Serrano de Córdoba (Argentina).
Autor/es:
FURLAN, VC; TORRES, C.; GALETTO, L.
Revista:
Bonplandia
Editorial:
IBONE
Referencias:
Lugar: Corrientes; Año: 2011 vol. 20 p. 285 - 307
ISSN:
0524-0476
Resumen:
The objective of this study is to compare the knowledge and utilization of medicinal plants byrural people from Chaco Serrano of Córdoba (Argentina), considering: a) the conservationstatus of the study sites (two of them near from natural protected areas (NPA) and other twolocated far away from NPA), b) the availability of plant species from each site. To achieve theseaims we complemented quantitative (sampling and ecological indexes applied to ethnobotany)and qualitative methodology (ethnographic approach). The results show that: a) the diversityof plants surveyed in the field and known by the locals, assessed with different indices, do notshow major differences between sites; b) knowledge and use of native medicinal species arenot related to the vicinity to NPA; c) the main diseases treated at the four sites are of digestive,respiratory and circulatory systems. In conclusion, the proximity of NPA (greater access tonative species) and /or environmental availability of plant resources do not seem to be themain factors influencing the knowledge on medicinal plants among rural people. Nevertheless,the constant exchange of knowledge and species among the informants and the sources ofknowledge would be some of the important factors that might influence the use and knowledgeof medicinal plants in the study region.