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- Title
The use of underground plant organs and its relation to habitat selection among the Pumé Indians of Venezuela.
- Authors
Gragson, Ted L.
- Abstract
The use of underground plant organs and habitat selection by the Pumé Indians of southwestern Venezuela is described. Detailed information is presented on 18 species in 10 families. The three most significant uses identified are food, medicine and/or ritual, and fish poison; the dry forest habitat contains the largest number of exploited species. The taxonomic and conservation relevance of ethnobotanical investigation in dryland macrohabitats in South America is addressed.
- Subjects
VENEZUELA; HUMAN-plant relationships; USEFUL plants; ARID regions; ARID regions agriculture; YARURO (South American people)
- Publication
Economic Botany, 1997, Vol 51, Issue 4, p377
- ISSN
0013-0001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF02861048