USO E DISPONIBILIDADE LOCAL DE AROEIRA (Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão) (AROEIRA) EM UMA COMUNIDADE RURAL DA DEPRESSÃO SERTANEJA, SÃO JOSÉ DE PIRANHAS, PARAÍBA, NORDESTE, BRASIL

Abstract

Ethnobotany consists of the comprehension and registration of the knowledge and use that tradi-tional populations make of plant resources. In this context, this study aimed to record information about the knowledge and use of Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão in the rural community of Peba dos Vicentes, in São José de Piranhas (Paraíba, Brazil). Semi structured interviews with the heads of families were held, six women and six men, totaling twelve people in the community. In the interviews we attempted to record the local uses of this species, being classified as timber and non-timber uses, and also to record the categories where such uses fit in. To verify the local availability of Myracrodruon urundeuva Allemão we conducted a guided tour lasting 24 hours, where each individual found had its perimeter and height recorded with the aid of a tape measure and georeferenced with a GPS. In the rural community of Peba dos Vicentes were recorded 107 citations of use, 49 by women and 58 by men, with 64 and 43 of timber use and non-timber use citations, respectively. The category that received the highest number of citations was buildings, medical and technology with 33 indications of use, 31 and 25 respectively. The guided tour found 207 individuals, 98 of these were in anthropic areas, 2 on roadsides, 57 on the river banks (ripar-ian forest) and 50 in areas of native vegetation. Timber and non-timber uses have threatened the populations of M. urundeuva in northeastern Brazil, contributing to their extinction. The results provide evidences that M. urundeuva presents many individuals in the local vegetation, without any of them having presented withdrawal peel. Also confirmed other researchers findings in other regions. These data collected in São José de Piranhas contribute with informations about the species under study, being of great importance in making decisions about ways of management and conservation of M. urundeuva. Keywords: