Estudos antropológicos e etnobotânicos das plantas utilizadas de forma medicinal e mágico-religiosa na comunidade de Quilombo de São Félix - BA

Abstract

The present work provides an anthropological view about the ethnobotany and aimed to develop an ethnobotanic al survey of plants used by the community Quilombo of São Félix, Bahia and to verify the medicinal / magical-religious use of these plants. To this end, three families were interviewed because they are considered reference within the community. The fieldwork took place between September 2009 and October 2010 by apptying semi-open interviews with the families of the community. The collected material was identified and deposited in the botanical collection at the Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB). In Quilombo of São Félix, the plants proved to be an important source of survival being most cited the medical use. Influenza and diseases of the respiratory system diseases are the most challenged and the leaves are the used parts of the plant, and the tea, the most common way of preparation given. The species listed by the informants were collected in backyards, gardens and areas of native vegetation. 32 ethnospecies was collected, 77% of them reported as being for medical use, 17% magic-religious use, and 6% used other forms. Asteraceae (4 spp.) and Boraginaceae (3 spp.) were the most representative families found in the Quilombo Community. Also present historical and anthropological concepts of fundamental importance, such as maroons, work, identity, memory and magic-religious. Capim-Dandá (Cyperus rotundus L.) was present as a weed in all narratives of the intervieweres. The explanations for the effects of Capim-Dandá on various plantations may be its allelopathic effects.