Importância e consenso de citações de uso das plantas utilizadas como medicinais na comunidade de Cândido Godói, Rs, Brasil

Abstract

This research aim to verify species and families of the most important medicinal plants to people in Cândido Godói, RS, as well as identify the categories of diseases that are more important to these people. Data was obtained through an ethnobotanical survey with semi-structured interviews taken with 78 dwellers from the city mentioned before, between November 2014 and March 2015. Quantitative data were obtained by calculating the use value of the species (UVs) and families (FUV) of plants and the calculation of the Informant Consensus Factor (FCI). Diseases mentioned by our informants were grouped in categories. They were registered in 136 species of plants used as medicinal, representatives of 51 botanical families. Achyrocline satureioides (macela) was the plant with higher use value (0,28). The most important family to people was Poaceae, followed by Plantaginaceae, Celastraceae and Malvaceae. 122 diseases were mentioned, and they were divided in 11 categories. The diseases categories of symptom, signs and abnormal findings exams, not classified in another part and diseases of the digestive tract were categorized with the highest FCI (0,44) and they are considered the most important to these people.