Medicinal use of malagueta chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) in a floodplain community, Amazon River, Santarém, Pará, Brazil

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 situate...

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Main Authors: André Luis Cote Roman, Lin Chau Ming, Izabel de Carvalho, Maria das Graças Pires Sablayrolles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2011-12-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222011000300005&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt