Abstract

MARTINEZ-LOPEZ, J. et al. Cultural value of non-timber forest resources in Zapotec communities of the Sierra Juarez de Oaxaca. Polibotánica [online]. 2022, n.53, pp.239-259.  Epub Apr 04, 2022. ISSN 1405-2768.  https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.53.16.

Abstract:

In this work, the cultural value of non-timber forest resources (NTFR) was obtained of plants used by the inhabitants of two Zapotec communities in the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca. To meet the objective, 40 key interviewees were selected by the non-probabilistic sampling method known as "snowball". These listed the resources they use, their availability in the natural environment, categories and forms of use, as well as useful vegetative parts. From the list of species, the frequency of mention by species was determined, and for the rest of the variables, values ​​based on previously established indices were estimated. The cultural importance of each species was estimated using the values ​​of the first principal component as an indicator. There were 122 species in Capulálpam de Mendez and 128 in Santa María Jaltianguis that provide non-timber forest resources NTFR, with 166 species in total classified in 66 botanical families and 84 species shared between both communities. In the first village, the plant of greater cultural importance was Clinopodium macrostemum, for the second village the most important plant was Prunus serotina. The species of lower value were Calendula officinalis, Erythrina americana, No identificada 2, Piper auritum, Portulaca sp. and Rosmarinus officinalis for the first village, and Aloysia sp. and Datura stramonium for the second. The results demonstrated the diversity of useful wild plants and their cultural value in two rural communities.

Keywords : ethnobotany; bioculture; NTFR; traditional knowledge.

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