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Table 2 Ethnobotanical uses of the four species most at risk - according to the Conservation Priority Index, integrated to ecological, phenological and bibliographic data of each plant’s conservation status - for the native species recorded in phase II of this study

From: Participatory ethnobotany and conservation: a methodological case study conducted with quilombola communities in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

Vernacular name

Species (voucher)

Ethnobotanical use

bicuíba

Virola bicuhyba (Schott ex Spreng.) Warb - MA113

Shipbuilding, construction, combustion.

cedro-rosa

Cedrela fissilis Vell.- SB34

Shipbuilding, construction.

cambucá

Plinia edulis (Vell.) Sobral - MA100

Food and combustion.

caxeta

Tabebuia cassinoides (Lam.) DC. - GDS41

Shipbuilding.