Medicinal flora of the Maranhão, Brazil: plants species and their therapeutic indications in popular use (original) (raw)

The Brazil is considered a megadiverse country, with a diversified flora, present in their different biomes, with characteristics especially typical, with plants species with different popular use, major of medicinal utilization. Known the plants species used for the people is important, for very species same not were investigated of scientific form, verifying their potentialities medicinal and therapeutically. The research presented 70 species, distributed in 58 genera and 28 botanical families. The work present for all species with scientific name, family, Common name, part used, use form and Therapeutic indication. Plates with imagens of any plants species medicinal are presents.