CONHECIMENTO ETNOBOTÂNICO DO ASSENTAMENTO RIO PARAÍSO NO MUNICÍPIO DE JATAÍ - GO

Abstract

It is known that during the historical process of medicine, new models were developed in the search for alternative treatments, thus aiming at health care, the knowledge of each era that was passed on in a transgenerational way contributed significantly to the management and cultivation of species. natives, bringing the appreciation of scientific and popular knowledge. This work aimed to identify and describe the ethnobotanical knowledge about medicinal plants, analyzing the plant biodiversity within a rural community (agrovila) located in the Rio Paraíso Settlement project, municipality of Jataí, Go. For this, a semi-structured questionnaire, recordings, photographic records, collection of botanical material followed by herborization and confections of exsiccates were used, which were later incorporated into the herbarium of the Instituto Federal Goiano, Campus Rio Verde. 49 species, 43 genera and 22 families were described and identified, making it possible to show that residents use herbaceous species more frequently, where most of these plants are grown in backyards. The species that obtained the highest use value were: Plectranthus barbatus (boldo); Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary); Ruta graveolens (rue); Melissa officinalis (lemon balm); More nigra (mulberry); Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (caferan); Ocimum gratissimum (alfavaca) and Eryngium foetidum (Bahia coriander). The present work can contribute to more ethnobotanical studies in rural communities, so that cultural erosion can be avoided, in this way, transpiring and valuing the popular botanical knowledge about medicinal plants that is passed on from generation to generation, helping to maintain information that contributes to conservation of plant diversity in medicinal species.