Abstract

SOL SANCHEZ, Ángel; GOMEZ GARCIA, Erika; GARCIA LOPEZ, Eustolia  and  PEREZ VAZQUEZ, Arturo. Useful Flora in the Ejido Sinaloa 1^st section, Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico. Rev. Mex. Cienc. Agríc [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.spe14, pp.2671-2681. ISSN 2007-0934.

Home orchards are microenvironments that contain a great diversity of plant and animal species for human use. The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of uses and the role of useful plants in Ejido Sinaloa 1st section from the municipality of Cárdenas, Tabasco, Mexico. Field trips were made from 2009 to 2010, in which plant species, uses and parts used were recorded. A semi-structured interview was applied using an ethnographic methodology in 73 households. Respondents recognized 93 plant species that were integrated in 14 categories for use as medicine, food, ornamental, wood, windbreaks, construction, living fence, magic-religious ritual, shade, clothes, housing, work tool, smoke (to keep away insects) and flavoring. The most used parts were the fruit, leaves and whole plant. As for the biological shape of plants, trees were the most commonly used, followed by grasses and shrubs. Diversity index of citation or mentioning H’= 4.00 and fidelity index values between 13% and 89%.

Keywords : categories of use; floristic species; popular knowledge.

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