Non-wood forest products in sotobosque of plantations Pinus maestrensis in Guisa, province of Granma, Cuba
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With the objective of inventorying the flora existent in undergrowth areas in plantations of Pinus mestrensis, and to determine the resources of Non Wood Forest Products (NWFP) profitable for the population, was carried an investigation in the place known by Los Números, of the Silvicultural Management Unit of Base of Guisa, belonging to the Company Agroforestal Granma. From the 44 identified and registered species, contained in 30 botanical families and 41 scientific genuses, with majority prevalence of herbaceous, 75 % approximately (33 species), provides someone resource of NWFPs that it is gathered by diverse uses. It were established 9 categories for the NWFP and 7 for the Uses, being reported the foliage, leaves, and fruits categories, like a most gathered, and the medicinal uses, with 20 species, like the biggest application, still without the scientific validation of the therapeutic properties attributed by the popular uses of many species. The importance of the undergrowth is demonstrated in the provision of varied NWFP of relative socioeconomic importance.
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