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Table 4 Most abundant trees species (DBH > 10 cm) that occur in the most conserved riparian forests of the Pepital River at Alcântara, Brazil (n = 3 plots of 0.1 ha)

From: Perceptions of environmental change and use of traditional knowledge to plan riparian forest restoration with relocated communities in Alcântara, Eastern Amazon

 

Botanical name

Family

Common name

Density (ind/hectare) mean ± stdv

Uses

1

Virola surinamensis (Rol.) Warb.

Myristicaceae

Urucurana

97.3 ± 97.1

M, T, O

2

Xylopia brasiliensis Sprengel

Annonaceae

Pindaíba

63.3 ± 60.3

-

3

Carapa guianesenis Aubl.

Meliaceae

Andiroba

46.7 ± 50.3

M, T, O

4

Symphonia globulifera Linn. f.

Clusiaceae

Guanandi/Guananim

43.4 ± 40.4

M, T

5

Mauritia flexuosa L.F.

Arecaceae

Buriti

33.3 ± 32.1

F, S

6

Euterpe oleraceae Mart.

Arecaceae

Juçara/Açai

33.3 ± 43.6

F, H

7

Richeria dressleri G.L. Webster

Phyllanthaceae

Jaca-da-baixa

30.0 ± 43.6

-

8

Anacardium sp.

Anacardiaceae

Caju-da-baixa

26.7 ± 46.2

F

9

n.i.

n.i.

Casca-grossa

20.0 ± 34.6

-

10

Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart

Arecaceae

Inajá

16.7 ± 15.3

F, H, O

11

Tapirira guianensis Aubl.

Anacardiaceae

Pau-pombo

16.7 ± 15.3

-

12

Annona sp

Annonaceae

Araticum-da-baixa

13.3 ± 5.8

F

  1. Legend of uses: F - fruit, M- medicinal, O– Oil, T – timber, S- straw, H– heart palm.