Navegando por Autor "MING, Lin Chau"

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Diversidade de maçãs (Malus Domestica Borkh.) nas feiras de produtores de Nova Iorque
(2013-06) GUERRA, Gutemberg Armando Diniz; MING, Lin Chau; MENEZES, Maria de Nazaré Angelo
Visiting local growers fairs of New York City during a year, ranging from June, 2008 to May, 2009, a significative number of apple varieties was verified, demonstrating one particular aspect of plant diversity. Offered in Summer with great availability, is in Autumn and Winter that intraspecific diversity can be observed, crossing all seasonal periods. More than four hundred of plant species were verified in the market, choosing apple as one of more evident to analysis of diversity, once it is offered in 65 cultivars in fairs of the State to which the fruit gives the nickname. They represent a kind of diversity that goes beyond the concept of speciali7ation which is usually attributed to agriculture in developed country. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the genetic diversity and use of apples that are expressed in commercial activities in the streets and squares of New York City.
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Hermenêutica botânica e antropização na Amazônia: exsicatas de verbenáceas da Amazônia Legal no Herbário do New York Botanical Garden
(2011-12) GUERRA, Gutemberg Armando Diniz; MENEZES, Maria de Nazaré Angelo; MING, Lin Chau
This article is based on information from a historical series of dried herbarium specimens dating from 1819 to 2002, bringing together contributions from researchers in both governmental and nongovernmental organizations from North and South America as well as from Europe. The focus is on Verbenaceae by its recognized range of aromatic and medicinal species of this family and its recognized use in Brazil. The study examines descriptive and critical notes from the New York Botanical Garden collection relating to the Amazonia, revealing the spirit of cooperation between Brazilian and foreign institutions in this region. Changes in the environment, network of researchers, changes in the language system, technology records and absorption of regional terms are detected over almost two centuries of scientific work that projects the continued training of scientists with local knowledge and interaction.
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Ocorrência e usos do tucumã (astrocaryum vulgare mart.) em comunidades ribeirinhas, quilombolas e de agricultores tradicionais no município de Irituia, Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-06) LIMA, Lucas Peranovichi; GUERRA, Gutemberg Armando Diniz; MING, Lin Chau; MACEDO, Magno Roberto Alves
The aim of the study is to demonstrate the occurrence and usage of the Tucumã (Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.) in rural areas of the Municipality of Irituia, in the State of Pará (Brazil), since the use of the palm part of the traditional culture of communities of farmers, riparian and quilombola, used in curing diseases in human and domestic animals, building shelters, obtaining fibers, production of tools and crafts, hunting and fishing. In addition to the uses reported by the population, tucumã has potential for the production of oil and biodiesel. In this sense, the Federal University of Pará – UFPA, in a partnership with the Irituia’s Municipal Government, is studying the implementation of an oleaginous processing plant in the municipality, among them, and includes the Tucumã as a potential source. Such proposal stipulates the production in the agroforestry system, as an alternative to the slash and burn agriculture in the region, reconciling environmental conservation with territorial rural development. Considering the results obtained in the field, it has been found an average of 9.4 stumps per hectare, each stump having 7.7 stipes and 4.7 racemes with up to 146 fruits. If all the Tucumã’s stumps were kept until they reached their average productivity capacity, it is estimated that the fruit production in the rural area of the municipality would be around 132.060 tons, which could produce up to 12.665,4 tons/year of pulp oil and 4.768,4 tons/year of nut oil, confirming the supply of raw material to move this productive chain.
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Uso medicinal da pimenta malagueta (Capsicum frutescens L.) em uma comunidade de várzea à margem do rio Amazonas, Santarém, Pará, Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-12) ROMAN, André Luís Cote; MING, Lin Chau; ARAUJO, Izabel Carvalho de; SABLAYROLLES, Maria das Graças Pires
An ethnobotanical study was carried out for this study aimed at understanding the medicinal importance of malagueta / chili pepper (C. frutescens L.) in the daily life of the people of Cabeça D'Onça, an area in the Amazon River floodplain. The community of approximately 330 residents is situated in the municipality of Santarém, Pará State. In total, 116 people from 70 households were interviewed for this work. Information regarding the medicinal uses of these peppers was collected in semi-structured interviews and compiled in detail. In the second phase of the study, structured interviews were carried out in 40 households with 80 people (40 couples) to determine the most commonly-known uses of the peppers in the study area. Over 50% of those interviewed cited the use of the malagueta in curing certain illnesses reputed to be caused by contact with water from the Amazon River, including 'pano-branco', and 'impinge' (both diseases of the skin treated with the leaves) and rheumatism (treated with the fruit). A comparison of the data obtained in this study with published literature reveals strong indigenous influence in their medicinal use.