Ethnobotany and the use of medicinal plants in the Barreirinho Community, Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Abstract:

The objective was to investigate and recover the traditional knowledge about the vegetal resources, the management, the preparation, and the therapeutic indication of the medicinal plants used in the Barreirinho Community, Santo Antônio de Leverger, Mato Grosso (MT). The qualitative and quantitative study used the pre-test, direct observation, guided tour, interviews, absolute and relative frequencies. It was identified 141 medicinal species, belonging to 60 botanical families, and, among them, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, and Asteraceae were the most representative.

Keywords:
Regional development indicator (IDR); regions of Tocantins; social and economic inequalities