Table 1 Medicinal and edible plant species used in the pile-sort task among Paraguayan community, Misiones, Argentina
Common name | Scientific name | Botanical family name | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
achicoria | Hypochaeris chillensis (Kunth) Hieron. | Asteraceae | food, medicinal |
ajenjo | Artemisia absinthium L. | Asteraceae | medicinal |
aloe | Aloe maculata All. | Asphodelaceae | medicinal |
ambay | Cecropia pachystachya Trécul | Urticaceae | medicinal |
araticú | Rollinia salicifolia Schltdl. | Annonaceae | food |
cangorosa | Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek | Celastraceae | medicinal |
carqueja | Baccharis trimera (Less.) DC. | Asteraceae | medicinal |
cedrón | Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf. | Poaceae | medicinal |
coco | Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. | Arecaceae | food, medicinal |
cocú | Allophylus edulis (A. St.-Hil., A. Juss. & Cambess.) Hieron. ex Niederl. | Sapindaceae | food, medicinal |
guayaba | Psidium spp. | Myrtaceae | food, medicinal |
guavirá | Campomanesia xanthocarpa Mart. ex O. Berg | Myrtaceae | food, medicinal |
guembé | Philodendron bipinnatifidum Schott | Araceae | magical, medicinal, ornamental |
ingá | Inga marginata Willd. | Fabaceae | food |
isipó milhombres | Aristolochia triangularis Cham | Aristolochiaceae | medicinal |
jacaratiá | Jacaratia spinosa (Aubl.) A. DC | Caricaceae | food |
ka’a re | Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants | Chenopodiaceae | medicinal |
malva blanca | Sida cordifolia L. | Malvaceae | medicinal |
manzanilla | Matricaria chamomilla L. | Asteraceae | medicinal |
marcela | Achyrocline tomentosa Rusby | Asteraceae | medicinal |
menta | Mentha spicata L. | Lamiaceae | medicinal |
naranja | Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck | Rutaceae | food, medicinal |
pacurí | Rheedia brasiliensis (Mart.) Planch. & Triana | Clusiaceae | food |
pindó | Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman | Arecaceae | food, medicinal |
pitanga | Eugenia uniflora L. | Myrtaceae | food, medicinal |
romero | Rosmarinus officinalis L. | Lamiaceae | food, medicinal |
ruda | Ruta chalepensis L. | Rutaceae | magical, medicinal |
salvia | Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Br. | Verbenaceae | medicinal |
verbena | Verbena montevidensis Spreng. | Verbenaceae | medicinal |
yva hai | Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. | Myrtaceae | food, medicinal |