Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico
This study was directed to document the consistency and distribution of traditional knowledge concerning the medicinal flora at the village of San Rafael, municipality of Coxcatlán. Two types of interviews (free listing and structured) were applied to 60 informants. Data analysis using chi-square an...
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| author | Canales Martínez, Margarita Hernández Delgado, Tzasná Caballero Nieto, Javier Romo de Vivar Romo, Alfonso Durán Díaz, Ángel Lira Saade, Rafael |
| author_facet | Canales Martínez, Margarita Hernández Delgado, Tzasná Caballero Nieto, Javier Romo de Vivar Romo, Alfonso Durán Díaz, Ángel Lira Saade, Rafael |
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| description | This study was directed to document the consistency and distribution of traditional knowledge concerning the medicinal flora at the village of San Rafael, municipality of Coxcatlán. Two types of interviews (free listing and structured) were applied to 60 informants. Data analysis using chi-square and the Spearman coefficient, revealed no significant differences in knowledge on medicinal plants between gender, age, occupation, provenance and residence time in the village. Nevertheless, it was observed that older people recognized a larger number of plants than the younger ones. Correspondence analysis revealed a non-clear pattern in the distribution of the knowledge of medicinal flora. The analysis of the results obtained from structured interviews and adjusted to a linear model versus the results of the first interviews showed the strength and congruence of the traditional knowledge by the inhabitants of San Rafael about medicinal plants. The interviewed informants recognized more than 90% of the species they mentioned in the open interviews and also mentioned the same medicinal use. The size of the village and the systematic interactions between its inhabitants, might explain the homogeneity of the traditional knowledge of San Rafael’s residents concerning the healing properties of the plants. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.abm.ojs.inecol.mx:article-10132022-12-24T04:36:06Z Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico Análisis cuantitativo del conocimiento tradicional de las plantas medicinales en San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, Puebla, México Canales Martínez, Margarita Hernández Delgado, Tzasná Caballero Nieto, Javier Romo de Vivar Romo, Alfonso Durán Díaz, Ángel Lira Saade, Rafael Coxcatlán ethnobotany medicinal plants Puebla San Rafael traditional knowledge conocimiento tradicional Coxcatlán etnobotánica plantas medicinales Puebla San Rafael This study was directed to document the consistency and distribution of traditional knowledge concerning the medicinal flora at the village of San Rafael, municipality of Coxcatlán. Two types of interviews (free listing and structured) were applied to 60 informants. Data analysis using chi-square and the Spearman coefficient, revealed no significant differences in knowledge on medicinal plants between gender, age, occupation, provenance and residence time in the village. Nevertheless, it was observed that older people recognized a larger number of plants than the younger ones. Correspondence analysis revealed a non-clear pattern in the distribution of the knowledge of medicinal flora. The analysis of the results obtained from structured interviews and adjusted to a linear model versus the results of the first interviews showed the strength and congruence of the traditional knowledge by the inhabitants of San Rafael about medicinal plants. The interviewed informants recognized more than 90% of the species they mentioned in the open interviews and also mentioned the same medicinal use. The size of the village and the systematic interactions between its inhabitants, might explain the homogeneity of the traditional knowledge of San Rafael’s residents concerning the healing properties of the plants. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un estudio sobre la consistencia y distribución del conocimiento tradicional de la flora medicinal de San Rafael, en el municipio de Coxcatlán, Puebla. Se efectuaron dos tipos de entrevistas (abierta y estructurada) a 60 informantes. La aplicación de la prueba de ji cuadrada y el coeficiente de Spearman a los datos, revelaron que no existen diferencias significativas en el conocimiento sobre las plantas medicinales y las características personales de los informantes, aunque pudo observarse una tendencia que señala que las personas de más edad conocen un mayor número de plantas que los jóvenes. Un análisis de correspondencia mostró que no hay ningún patrón de distribución del conocimiento sobre la flora medicinal y que la variación observada es al azar. El análisis de los datos obtenidos en la entrevista estructurada y ajustados a un modelo lineal frente a los datos de la primera entrevista, mostró que más de 90% de los eventos registrados en la entrevista estructurada son determinados por lo registrado en las entrevistas abiertas. El reducido tamaño del poblado y la sistemática interacción entre sus habitantes, podrían explicar la homogeneidad en el conocimiento tradicional de los pobladores de San Rafael acerca de las propiedades curativas de las plantas. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2006-04-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1013 10.21829/abm75.2006.1013 Acta Botanica Mexicana; No. 75 (2006); 21-43 Acta Botanica Mexicana; Núm. 75 (2006); 21-43 2448-7589 0187-7151 spa https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1013/1174 Derechos de autor 2016 Acta Botanica Mexicana https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Canales Martínez, Margarita Hernández Delgado, Tzasná Caballero Nieto, Javier Romo de Vivar Romo, Alfonso Durán Díaz, Ángel Lira Saade, Rafael Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico |
| title | Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_full | Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_short | Quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in San Rafael, Coxcatlan, Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Puebla, Mexico |
| title_sort | quantitative analysis of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in san rafael, coxcatlan, tehuacán-cuicatlán valley, puebla, mexico |
| url | https://abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/abm/article/view/1013 |
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