Resumo:O uso de plantas entre as populações nordestinas indica um grande conhecimento dos recursos do ambiente e um sistema próprio de utilização desses recursos. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivo verificar se há diferença entre o conhecimento acerca do uso medicinal de plantas apresentado por alunos de duas escolas de Ensino Fundamental da zona rural e urbana no município de Viçosa do Ceará. O numero de citações de plantas medicinais diferiu significativamente nos grupos da escola urbana e rural, sendo que este último demonstrou um maior conhecimento. Não foi verificada diferença acentuada quando comparada à diversidade de espécies citadas. Das plantas citadas pelos alunos da escola de zona urbana, metade foi similar àquelas também referidas pelos alunos da escola rural. Verificou-se que o conhecimento que as novas gerações possuem a respeito de plantas medicinais é relativamente representativo, sendo a família o principal transmissor do mesmo. Palavras-chave:Etnobotânica. Conhecimento tradicional. Meio Ambiente. KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MEDICINAL PLANTS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH ENVIRONMENT FROM STUDENTS OF TWO BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS IN MUNICIPALITY VIÇOSA DO CEARÁ, CEARÁ STATE Abstract:The use of medicinal plants among the northeast populations of the Brazil indicates a great knowledge of environmental resources and a specific system of the use of these resources. In this context, the objective of this work is to verify if there is difference between the students' knowledge about the use of medicinal plants in two different schools, one in the rural and the other in the urban area, in the municipality Viçosa do Ceará. The number of mentioned medicinal plants differed significantly in both groups, and the students from the rural school demonstrated larger knowledge. Regarding the diversity of mentioned species, a broad difference was not verified. Considering the plants mentioned by the students from the urban school half was similar to those mentioned by the students from the rural school. It was verified that the new generations' knowledge about medicinal plants is relatively considerable and that the family is the main responsible for this transmission.
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