Flora tree and uses on the ground river basin Tonalá, Tabasco, Mexico
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Timber, Tonalá River, TabascoAbstract
This work was performed in the lower basin of the Tonalá River in the municipalities of Cardenas and Huimanguillo Tabasco, Mexico, in order to inventory tree species present in the towns of La Venta, Villa Benito Juarez, Paylebot, Cuautemoczin and Yucateco. Coconut, livestock, tasiste palm, charcoal, mangroves producers and carpenters were interviewed. The presence of 54 genus and 58 species, grouped in 26 botanical families were recorded. The most frequent families were Fabaceae, Arecaceae, Moraceae, Anacardiaceae, Combretaceae and Sapindaceae. It was registered that 33% of the species develop in flooded areas and 67% in partially flooded areas. The most common uses of these species were: fuel, construction (formwork), handle tools, furniture, carpentry, posts, hedges, food, medicine and others. The red mangrove is used in building houses, charcoal production, firewood and crafts. Stipe wood coconut is used for making furniture, bases for pots and handcrafted figures; with ground cocoa and copra is made chocolates. Palm fronds long guano is used for roofing houses, granaries and barns. The tasiste paml is used for fences, poles, barns and making tables, chairs, beds and dining. Avicennia germinans L., Calophyllum brasiliense Camb., Laguncularia racemosa (L). Gaertn., Rhizophora mangle L., Roystonea regia HBK and Spondias radlkoferi Donn. Smith, were endangered species registered in the area according to NOM-059-ECOL-2010.
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