Abstract

CALIFANO, Laura M.  and  ECHAZU, Fernando. Ethnobotany in pastoral communities: Traditional knowledge about toxic species for the livestock in Iruya river basin (Salta, Argentina). Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. [online]. 2013, vol.48, n.2. ISSN 1851-2372.

Ethnobotany in pastoral communities. Traditional knowledge about toxic species for the livestock in Iruya river basin (Salta, Argentina). We register the traditional knowledge of toxic plants to the livestock in peasant populations in the Iruya river basin (Dpto. Iruya y Sta. Victoria, Prov. Salta, Argentina), area which comprise transitional environments of the phytogeographical provinces of Puna, Pre-puna and Yungas. We carried out semi-structured interviews to livestock producers and community promoters of animal health, and participatory workshops with the objective of register local names and other aspects relating to: ambient, period of consumption, symptoms, species affected, and traditional treatments, among others. Herbarium specimens were collected and performed a contrast literature on the species surveyed. There were 11 toxic plant species surveyed belonging to 7 botanical families, of which 4 are news entries as toxic species.

Keywords : Toxic fora; Ethnobotany; Ethnoveterinary; Symptoms; Traditional treatments.

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