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      Species composition and plant use in old urban homegardens in Rio Claro, Southeast of Brazil Translated title: Composição de espécies e uso de plantas em quintais urbanos antigos de Rio Claro, Sudeste do Brasil

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          This study, based on the ethnobotanical approach, looked for to characterize the ancient urban home gardens in Rio Claro, municipality located in the Southeast of Brazil, carrying out a survey of the wealth of vegetal species and their uses, in 17 households selected randomly. The data had been collected by means of semistructured and structured interviews and by the gathering of plants. It was verified a total of 410 species, distributed in 97 botanical families, evidencing a high diversity of ligneous species, such as trees and shrubs (H' = 1,66 and J = 0.86). There were surveyed 257 species for ornamental use, as well as 98 for alimentary and 93 for medicinal uses. Considering the great number of species found for the main categories of use, it can be inferred that the home gardens play important functions for the interviewed families, contributing for the food and medicine production destined for the consumption by the families themselves, and also playing an important esthetic function thanks to the variety of their ornamental plants. The wealth of these home gardens may be related to the rural origin and to the culture of the owners, who still keep a cultivation tradition. It was found that the products obtained from the home gardens contributed for the diet's variety of the informants, representing a promising potential for the improvement of the population alimentation.

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          Com base no enfoque etnobotânico, este estudo procurou caracterizar os quintais urbanos antigos de Rio Claro, realizando um levantamento da riqueza de espécies vegetais e seus usos, em 17 domicílios selecionados aleatoriamente. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, estruturadas e coleta de plantas. Encontrou-se um total de 410 espécies, distribuídas em 97 famílias botânicas, constatando-se uma alta diversidade de espécies lenhosas, tanto arbóreas como arbustivas (H' = 1,66 e J = 0,86). Foram levantadas 257 espécies de uso ornamental, 98 alimentares e 93 medicinais. Em vista do grande número de espécies encontradas para as principais categorias de uso, pode-se concluir que os quintais desempenham importantes funções no âmbito local das famílias entrevistadas, contribuindo para a produção de alimentos e de medicamentos para consumo próprio, e também desempenhando uma importante função estética graças à variedade de suas plantas ornamentais. A riqueza desses quintais pode estar relacionada com a origem rural e cultural dos proprietários, que ainda mantêm uma tradição de cultivo. Verificou-se que os produtos advindos dos quintais contribuíram para a variação da dieta alimentar dos informantes, representando um potencial promissor para a melhoria da alimentação da população.

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                Journal
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                Acta Botanica Brasilica
                Acta Bot. Bras.
                Sociedade Botânica do Brasil (Belo Horizonte )
                1677-941X
                December 2009
                : 23
                : 4
                : 1057-1075
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Estadual Paulista Brazil
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                S0102-33062009000400016
                10.1590/S0102-33062009000400016
                5cea4ac6-dec1-4ff2-a1fc-be1dc36de7d7

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                PLANT SCIENCES

                Plant science & Botany
                home garden,ethnobotany,diversity,quintais,etnobotânica,diversidade
                Plant science & Botany
                home garden, ethnobotany, diversity, quintais, etnobotânica, diversidade

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