The plant species known as camorreal in San Pedro el Alto, Oaxaca, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.58.18Keywords:
Medicinal plants, traditional knowledge, taxonomyAbstract
San Pedro El Alto is a community that belongs to the Zapotec ethnic group, it has a great biological wealth, its inhabitants have a great knowledge about the use of medicinal plants. The aim of the study was to taxonomically identify the species of plants known as “camorreal”, as well as their uses in the locality. The growth sites and the type of vegetation where they are found naturally were located, where botanical collections were made of the species that the inhabitants call “camorreal” indistinctly that were identified in the CHAPA Herbarium-Hortorium of the Colegio de Postgraduados, México. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 62 people from the community, to document the way in which they are used, and the criteria used to differentiate them. As results, five species of “camorreal” were identified: Asclepias circinalis, Asclepias melantha, Iostephane trilobata, Lobelia hartwegii and Psacalium paucicapitatum, all associated with pine-oak vegetation; Lobelia hartwegii is the most important species with local use for the inhabitants of the community.
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