Abstract

SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ, Sergio; MENDOZA BRISENO, Martín Alfonso  and  GARCIA HERNANDEZ, Raúl Vidal. Diversification of the traditional shadow of coffee trees in Veracruz through timber species. Rev. mex. de cienc. forestales [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.40, pp.7-18. ISSN 2007-1132.

The central region of the state of Veracruz is considered one of the most important producers of shade coffee and the innovation coffee at the state has brought many improvements to the benefit of producers and consumers. Diversification with timber trees is one of them. In order to document the existence and the forms of wood utilization and the economic contributions of tree species introduced in shade coffee farms in the center of the state of Veracruz, semi-structured interviews were conducted in Huatusco and Coatepec, and the main timber species were recognized. Introduced and native or from the region species were found. Of the first kind, there are the pink cedar of India (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius), grevilia (Grevillia robusta), tulip of India (Spathodea campanulata), bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella), piocho (Azadirachta indica), duela (Schizolobium parahyba) and primavera (Tabebuia chrysantha). Native species include ixpepelt (Trema micrantha), texmol (Quercus robur), cacaotillo (Virola guatemalensis), red cedar (Cedrela odorata), mango (Mangifera indica), vainillo (Inga vera), oak (Quercus laurina) and pambacillo (Alchornea latifolia). Producers prefer the wood of red cedar and oak, but in the case of firewood they rather use oak, pink cedar, pambacillo and vainillo. For shade of coffee plantations, growers prefer the latter.

Keywords : Shade coffee; coffee cultivation; tropical timber species; diversification; use of wood; Veracruz.

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