Spondias tuberosa Arruda (Anacardiaceae), a threatened tree of the Brazilian Caatinga?

J Mertens, J Germer, JA Siqueira Filho… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2016‏ - SciELO Brasil
Spondias tuberosa Arr., a fructiferous tree endemic to the northeast Brazilian tropical dry
forest called Caatinga, accounts for numerous benefits for its ecosystem as well as for the …

[HTML][HTML] The use of plants in the medical system of the Fulni-ô people (NE Brazil): a perspective on age and gender

UP de Albuquerque, GT Soldati, SS Sieber… - Journal of …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The loss of traditional knowledge and practices is currently a widely
discussed topic in the academic literature. From this perspective, this study was constructed …

Local knowledge: Who cares?

I Vandebroek, V Reyes-García… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2011‏ - Springer
Local Knowledge Systems (LKS) consist of the knowledge, beliefs, traditions, practices,
institutions, and worldviews developed and sustained by indigenous and local communities …

[HTML][HTML] Indicators of conservation priorities for medicinal plants from seasonal dry forests of northeastern Brazil

JLA Campos, UP Albuquerque - Ecological Indicators, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Medicinal plants are used by local populations to treat numerous diseases, and many
species are used as raw materials for the manufacture of medicines sold by the …

[HTML][HTML] Where are the Brazilian ethnobotanical studies in the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga?

HSN Liporacci, N Hanazaki, MR Ritter, EL Araújo - Rodriguésia, 2017‏ - SciELO Brasil
Abstract The Atlantic Forest and Caatinga ecosystems differ in terms of biodiversity and
geoclimatic conditions but are similar in their rich socio-diversity and heterogeneity of …

Local knowledge and conservation priorities of medicinal plants near a protected area in Brazil

NF da Silva, N Hanazaki… - Evidence‐Based …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the influence of socioeconomic factors (age, gender, and occupation) on
the local knowledge of medicinal plants in the Araripe National Forest, Brazil, and the priority …

Traditional botanical knowledge of medicinal plants in a “quilombola” community in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

L Beltreschi, RB de Lima, DD da Cruz - Environment, Development and …, 2019‏ - Springer
Plant resources are essential to the survival of the human species, and they play several
important roles in maintaining the quality of life. The purpose of this study was to assess the …

Espécies da caatinga como alternativa para o desenvolvimento de novos fitofármacos

LR Pereira Júnior, AP Andrade, KD Araújo… - Floresta e …, 2014‏ - SciELO Brasil
Grande parte do semiárido brasileiro encontra-se em avançado processo de degradação e
poucos estudos direcionam seu desenvolvimento em consonância com essa realidade …

People and natural resources in the Caatinga

UP Albuquerque, EL Araújo, CC de Castro… - Caatinga: the largest …, 2017‏ - Springer
The interaction of people with the natural environment is ancient. Humans have great power
to transform the natural environment and to interfere with the food chain and the processes …

Analysis of the variability of therapeutic indications of medicinal species in the Northeast of Brazil: Comparative study

JG Ferreira Macedo, IRA Menezes… - Evidence‐Based …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ethnopharmacological Relevance. This study aims to evaluate the versatility of these
species and their agreement of use and/or the informants' knowledge and verify the …