Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil)

Isis Leite Medeiros Mascarenhas Andrade; Marcelo Schramm Mielke; Nivaldo Peroni; Alexandre Schiavetti

doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0279-7

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 3 Species cited as useful in building the traditional raft by rafters of Southern Bahia, Brazil

From: Fishermen do more than fish: local ecological knowledge of raftsmen about the arboreal species used to construct rafts (Bahia, Brazil)

Family/species	Ethnospecies	Source	Citations	Uses/componets	Information dendrological [56,57,58,59,60,61]	U.V general	I.S.C. general
Anacardiaceae
Anacardium occidentale L.	Cajueiro	N	41	Canga	Density 0.42 g/cm³. Lightweight, strong and long lasting	1.14	7.66
Annonaceae
Annona glabra L.	Cortiça	N	20	Canga	Density 0.50 g/cm³	0.56	2.78
Xylopia frutescens Aubl.	Pindaíba	N	12	Mast, rod	Density 0.62 g/cm³. Moderately heavy, soft and easy to work, medium texture, medium hardiness and poor durability	0.33	1.11
Bignoniaceae
Tabebuia cassinoides (Lam.) DC.	Taipóca	N	25	Stritch, hand paddle, rod	Density 0.37 g/cm³. Very light, glossy surface and read to the touch, fine texture, right grain, low mechanical resistance	0.69	13.33
Bombacaceae
Eriotheca macrophylla (K. Schum.)	Embiruçu	N	1	Stool	**	0.03	0.03
Caryocaraceae
Caryocar brasiliense Cambess. *	Pequi	N	21	Canga, carrinha, stool, hand paddle, driving paddle	Density 0.65 g/cm³. Moderately heavy, soft, strong and of low natural durability	0.58	4.44
Clusiaceae
Symphonia globulifera L.f.	Alandi/Landirana	N	7	Mast, paddle, rod	**	0.19	0.78
Combretaceae
Conocarpus erectus L. *	Mangue de Botão	N	4	Morão, aracambu, lathe	**	0.11	0.44
Laguncularia racemosa (L.) C.F.Gaertn	Mangue Branco/Mangue Manso	N	8	Stritch, mast, hand paddle, rod	**	0.22	0.69
Euphorbiaceae
Pogonophora schomburgkiana Miers ex Benth.	Cocão	N	8	Morão, aracambu, mast	**	0.22	1.17
Fabaceae
Albizia polycephala (Benth.) Killip	Muanza	N	28	Ballast	**	0.78	5.44
Diplotropis incexis Rizzini & A. Mattos *	Sucupira	N	11	Carrinha, driving paddle	**	0.30	0.50
Icacinaceae
Emmotum nitens (Benth.) Miers	Aderno/Rouxinho	N	16	Canga, carrinha, aracambu, driving paddle	Density 0.93 g/cm³. Soft, thick texture, right grain, medium mechanical strength and low durability	0.44	2.92
Lauraceae
Aniba intermedia (Meisn.) Mez	Louro	N	6	Carrinha, stool	**	0.17	0.42
Lecythidaceae
Eschweilera ovata (Cambess.) Miers	Biriba	N	40	Morão, stool, aracambu, lathe, stritch, mast, canga	Density 1.03 g/cm³. Heavy, medium hardness, compact, uniform, tough and moderately durable	1.11	36.00
Malvaceae
Apeiba tibourbou Aubl.	Pau de Jangada	N	36	Ballast	Very light, fluffy, from 0.12 to 0.30 g/cm³, soft and easy to work, low natural durability	1.00	8.00
Moraceae
Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.	Jaqueira	E	37	Canga, carrinha, morão, stool, driving paddle, hand paddle	Density 0.46 g/cm³	1.03	11.66
Brosimum rubescens Taub.	Conduru	N	28	Mast, stritch, rod	It has thick fibers and is tough and strong. Density 0.70 g/cm³	0.78	8.25
Pinaceae
Pinus sp.	Pinho	E	16	Stool, stritch, mast	**	0.44	2.67
Rubiaceae
Genipa americana L.	Jenipapo	N	10	Driving paddle, hand paddle	**	0.28	0.67
Sapotaceae
Manilkara maxima T. D. Penn.	Massaranduba	N	28	Carrinha, driving paddle, hand paddle	**	0.78	7.94

*Species not collected
**Data not available

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