TRADITIONAL USES OF MANCHINGA (GENUS Brosimum and Sorocea) IN ONE KICHWA COMMUNITIES OF SAN MARTÍN, PERU
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24841/fa.v33i1.755Keywords:
amazonian biodiversity, ancestral knowledge, ethnobotany, forest resourcesAbstract
The study documents the traditional uses of species known as manchinga by the Kichwa community of San Juan de Miraflores, in the department of San Martín, Peru. Twenty interviews and botanical inventories of 13 trees were conducted. Three species of Moraceae were identified: Brosimum alicastrum Sw., Brosimum guianense Huber ex Ducke, and Sorocea briquetii J.F.Macbr, with ten specific uses in the categories of construction, food, and medicine. The whole cooked seeds of these three species are used for food; B. alicastrum and B. guianense have timber uses, being used in construction and furniture making; and B. alicastrum also has medicinal use. The manchinga species have cultural and economic importance.
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