CONHECIMENTO TRADICIONAL DE PLANTAS MEDICINAIS UTILIZADAS NA ETNIA XAKRIABÁ

Abstract

The use of natural plant resources is something recurrent in different communities Brazilians, being more common in traditional communities. Ethnobotany is a science that studies the interaction of man with plants and their traditional uses, highlighting the use and information obtained regarding medicinal plants. Considering these aspects, the present study aimed to carry out an ethnobotanical survey of plants used for medicines in the Xakriabá ethnic group, also addressing what a medicine house is. The collection of data was carried out through interviews with people from four villages in the territory Xakriabá. They were cited in 58 predominant plant species from the Cerrado and Caatinga, with a predominance of species native to the Cerrado (63.8%), totaling 33 families botanicals, with emphasis on lamiaceae and legumes. The parts of plants that most cited were leaf and bark, predominantly used in the form of tea. Before the exposed, it is clear that studies of this type are important as they associate knowledge scientific to the traditional knowledge of the original peoples.