Table 1 Categories of use of cactus species cited by community residents of São Francisco in Cabaceiras city, Brazil
Species | Vernacular name | Voucher ufpb | Categories of use | Part used | Mode of use | Utilization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cereus jamacaru DC. | Mandacaru | 17619 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | |
Fuel | Wood | Firewood | ||||
Building | Wood | Laths, boards, doors and window | ||||
Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt or cut | ||||
Medicinal | Marrow | Syrups | Cough, column, wound, furuncle, urinary infection, inflammation, kidney inflammation, rheumatism e urethra | |||
Root | Tea | |||||
Ornamental | Entire plant | Planted in the gardens and yards | ||||
Shade | Entire plant | |||||
Technology | Wood | Handle of tool | “Chibanca” | |||
Melocactus bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb. | Coroa de frade | 17572 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | |
Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt or cut | ||||
Religious magic Medicinal | Entire plant | Put into jars at home | Evil eye | |||
Marrow (aquifer parenchyma) | Syrups | Amoeba, catarrh, whooping cough, cough e worm | ||||
Ornamental | Entire plant | Planted in the gardens and yards | ||||
Nopalea cochenillifera (L.) Salm-Dyck | Palma doce | 19765 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | |
Fodder plant | Leaf (rackets) | Cut | ||||
Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. | Palma forrageira | 19769 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | |
Marrow | Cooked or raw | Cake, cooked with beans, with rice or with meat, candy, stew, jelly, risotto, salads, soup and juice | ||||
Fodder plant | Leaf (rackets) | Cut | ||||
Personal hygiene | Marrow | Hair conditioner, soap, bath soap, shampoo | ||||
Religious magic | Entire plant | Placing the leaf (racket) in the bedroom of a sick person (asthma) | Asthma. Whooping cough and cough | |||
Medicinal | Marrow | Syrups | ||||
Shade | Entire plant | |||||
Opuntia stricta (Haw.) Haw. | Palma de espinho | 19764 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | |
Building | Entire plant | Hedges (fences) | ||||
Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt | ||||
Ornamental | Entire plant | Planted in the gardens and yards | ||||
Pilosocereus gounellei (F.A.C. Weber) Byles & Rowley | Xiquexique | 17629 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | Coconut candy, couscous, candy and flour |
Marrow | Baked or cooked | |||||
Building | Entire plant | Hedge | ||||
Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt | Remove the thorns from skin | |||
Personal hygiene | Marrow | Shampoo | ||||
Medicinal | Dribble | Through the affected area | Assist in the process of “not choke” | |||
Ornamental | Entire plant | Planted in the gardens and yards | ||||
Veterinary medicine | Dribble | Insert dribble in the animal throat | ||||
Pilosocereus pachycladus F. Ritter | Facheiro | 19616 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | Candy and coconut candy |
Marrow | Baked or cooked | |||||
Fuel | Wood | Firewood | ||||
Building | Wood | Fences, “door guard”, door, gates, laths, boards | ||||
Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt or cut | ||||
Medicinal | Entire plant | Cooked | Anemia | |||
Ornamental | Entire plant | Planted in the gardens and yards | ||||
Shade | Entire plant | |||||
Technology | Wood | Handle of tool | Hoe, axes, hammers and pickaxe | |||
Roll of mass | ||||||
Canoe | ||||||
Oar | ||||||
Oil lamp (burning wood) | Illuminate the nigth | |||||
Tacinga inamoena N.P. Taylor & Stuppy | Cumbeba | 19766 | Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt or cut | |
Fruit | In natura | Rhea | ||||
Tacinga palmadora (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor & Stuppy | Palmatória | 17573 | Feeding | Fruit | In natura | |
Fodder plant | Entire plant | Burnt | ||||
Leaf (rackets) | Cut | |||||
Ornamental | Entire plant | Planted in the gardens and yards |