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Table 1 Plant species cited in the general interviews, recognized in the participative workshop and inventory interviews with their popular names and respective categories of use (regarded during the survey) in the village Sitio Carão, Altinho municipality, Pernambuco (NE Brazil)

From: Evaluating different methods used in ethnobotanical and ecological studies to record plant biodiversity

Scientific name

Popular name

Main uses

Amburana cearensis (Allemao) A.C.Sm.

amburana, umburana açu, cumaru

Alimentation, construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Anadenanthera colubrina (Vell.) Brenan

angico

Fuelwood, construction, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud.

mororó, pata-de-vaca

Alimentation, construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Campomonesia sp.

 

Alimentation.

Cedrela odorata L.

cedro

Construction, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Chloroleucon extortum Barneby e Grimes

jurema branca

Alimentation, construction, forage, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil.

barriguda

Alimentation, technology.

Commiphora leptophloeos (Mart.) J.B.Gillett

imburana, imburana braba, umburana

Alimentation, construction, medicinal purposes, technology.

Croton argyroglossus Baill.

rama branca, sacatinga

Construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Croton blanchetianus Baill.

marmeleiro

Construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Croton heliotropiifolius Kunth

velame

Medicinal purposes, technology.

Erythrina velutina Willd.

mulungu

Alimentation, construction, craftwork, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Eugenia pyriformis Cambess

ubaia

Alimentation, construction, ecology, fuelwood.

Eugenia sp.

batinga

Alimentation, fuelwood.

Guapira laxa (Netto) Furlan

piranha

Construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Handroanthus impetiginosus Mattos

pau d’arco or pau d’arco roxo

Construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill.

pinhão bravo, pinhão

Construction, medicinal purposes.

Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz

jucá, pau-ferro

Alimentation, construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology, veterinarian uses.

Manihot dichotoma Ule.

maniçoba

Abortive substance, alimentation, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Maytenus rigida Mart.

bom nome, rompe jibão

Alimentation, construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemao

aroeira

Construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Myrciaria cauliflora (Mart.) O.Berg

jabuticaba

Alimentation, medicinal purposes.

Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth.) Ducke

amorosa, jurema rasga beiço

Construction, fuelwood.

Poincianella pyramidalis (Tul.) L.P.Queiroz

catingueira

Alimentation, construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Sapium argutum (Müll.Arg.) Huber

burra leiteira

Construction, technology.

Schinopsis brasiliensis Engl.

baraúna or braúna

Construction, fuelwood, medicinal purposes, technology.

Senna martiana (Benth.) H.S.Irwin e Barneby

canafístula, canafista

Craftwork, construction, technology.

Spondias tuberosa Arruda

umbu or pé de umbu

Alimentation, fuelwood, medicinal purposes.

Syagrus cearensis Noblick.

coqueiro catolé

Alimentation, construction, medicinal purposes, technology.

Syagrus sp.

coqueiro miudinho

Medicinal purposes.

Ziziphus joazeiro Mart.

juazeiro

Alimentation, construction, fuelwood, forage, medicinal purposes.