Conhecimento popular e uso das plantas de restinga na comunidade de Barra de Serinhaém, Ituberá, Bahia

Abstract

It was objectified to disclose the main interactions of the inhabitants with the restinga forest in Locality of Bar of Serinhaém, inserted in the limits of the Area of Ambient Protection of the Pratigi, Bahia, Brazil. The collection of data if gave for the visit the 37 domiciles where the families coexist and adopted it figure of the “main informer” in the application of the questionnaires. Had been mentioned 120 etnoespécies and 17 had deserved prominence: amesca, orquídea, necktie, aroeira, cupiíba, engazeira, dendezeiro, cajueiro, caroba, garu, maçaranduba, murici, sucupira, aderno, bromélia, jataipéba and embaúba. The registered categories of use in this study had been: medicinal (39,2%), alimentary (33,6%), construction (4%), firewood (4%), ornamentation (12%) and others (7,2%). The fruit was the used part of the plants (33,3). The ecosystem of restinga posses meant cultural important for the community because of the great number of etnoespécies cited and for the diversity of uses attributed to the plants. The degree of knowledge and use of the restinga forest indicate the necessity of if arguing this thematic in the plan of manegement of the unit of conservation where the community is inserted.