Caracterización etnobotánica de plantas medicinales utilizadas por familias campesinas del municipio de alpujarra en el departamento del Tolima

Abstract

A study of the medicinal plants used by peasant families in the municipality of Alpujarra in the department of Tolima, Colombia, was carried out with the objective of characterizing, recognizing its importance, itself with the use and transmission of this knowledge, for which open interviews during different meetings with the community such as walks, visits to the farm, and day laborers collecting coffee, where different approaches were generated that allowed the interview to take place smoothly and without pressure. In the characterization, the Lamiaceae family was evidenced as the most used in the region with 20% followed by the Verbenaceae family with 16.6%, having a pluriactive action mainly, followed by Integumentary use, that is, for healing, toning, among others.

If there is a transmission of knowledge from the elderly to the young population, this is minimal thanks to the migration of young people to the city and the death of the elderly, which is why it is concluded that it is necessary to generate conservation strategies for this knowledge. as is the illustrated booklet of medicinal plants used in the municipality of Alpujarra Tolima.