INVESTIGADORES
ARIAS TOLEDO Barbara
artículos
Título:
KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL PLANTS IN TWO COMMUNITIES FROM THE CHACO FOREST, CÓRDOBA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
Autor/es:
ARIAS TOLEDO, B., COLANTONIO, S. & GALETTO, L.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY
Referencias:
Año: 2007 vol. 2 p. 218 - 232
ISSN:
0278-0771
Resumen:
We analyze and compare
plant knowledge and uses of medicinal and edible plants of two rural
communities located in different phytogeographic regions. We hypothesize that
there are differences in the number of edible and medicinal plants that people
know and use between these communities because of environmental constraints. In
addition, because of cultural erosion, we expect to find (a) a higher number of
plants that people know as useful in comparison with the number of plants they
actually use, and (b) a decrease in the number of useful plants cited when
comparing male/female and younger/older categories. Results show a higher range
of knowledge of medicinal plants than edible plants, and medicinal use included
mainly those used to treat digestive problems. Based on statistical analyses,
we present comparisons between the communities, age groups, and genders, and
discuss how differences in these regions (e.g., geographic, ecological,
cultural, etc.) may explain of the variation in the knowledge on wild useful
plants between the communities.