Fitoterapia. 2002 Feb; 73(1): 69-91.

Medicinal plants popularly used in the Brazilian Tropical Atlantic Forest.

Di Stasi LC, Oliveira GP, Carvalhaes MA, Queiroz M, Tien OS, Kakinami SH, Reis MS.

Laboratory of Phytomedicines, Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de BiociÃªncias de Botucatu, SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil. ldistasi@ibb.unesp.br

A survey of medicinal plants used by rural and urban inhabitants of the three cities of the Tropical Atlantic Forest, Region of Vale do Ribeira, State of SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil was performed by means of 200 interviews with medicinal plant users and extractors and, traditional healers. One hundred fourteen herbal remedies were recorded and the following information reported: Latin, vernacular and English names, plant part used, forms of preparation and application of the herbal remedies, medicinal or food uses, areas of plant collection, economic importance (when available) and other data.