Evaluación del Conocimiento Etno-botánico en las comunidades: “Pata de pájaro” y “Parque Nacional Machalilla” de la especie amenazada Annona deceptrix (Westra) H. Rainer (Annonaceae)

Abstract

ANNONA DECEPTRIX (WESTRA) H. RAINER (ANNONACEAE) THIS ENDEMIC TREE OR SHRUB OF ECUADOR IS REPORTED AS THREATENED ACCORDING TO THE IUCN RED LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, THE VULNERABLE STATE IN WHICH THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IS AFFECTED BY ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DEFORESTATION, SOIL CHANGE. THIS SPECIES IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE HUMID MICROCLIMATES OF THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST IN AN ELEVATION RANGE OF 0-600 MASL. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO EVALUATE THE LOCAL ETHNO-BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE COMMUNITIES: "PATA DE AVE" AND "MACHALILLA NATIONAL PARK" OF THE PROVINCE OF MANABÍ, ECUADOR, THROUGH TIMELY AND OPEN INTERVIEWS AND THUS IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANNONA SPECIES DECEPTRIX (ANNONACEAE) THAT IS THREATENED IN ECUADOR, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS USES THEY MAKE OF THEM.