Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII, s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
J Ethnopharmacol. 2012 Jun 14;141(3):1021-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.049.
This paper represents the first large-scale ethnobotanical study in the island of Mallorca, and provides significant information on pharmaceutical plant uses, built up from interviews with native people from this touristic hotspot, demonstrating its ethnopharmacological importance.
To collect, analyse and evaluate the ethnobotanical knowledge concerning medicinal plants in a north-eastern Mallorcan area (municipalities of Artà, Capdepera and Son Servera; 298 km2, 31,764 inhabitants).
We performed semi-structured interviews with 42 informants (mean age 77; 40% women, 60% men), identified the plant taxa reported and analysed the results, comparing them with those found in the current Mallorcan ethnobotanical information and in other territories.
The informants reported data on 121 human medicinal plants representing 64 botanical families. Around 45 medicinal uses reported, concerning 37 species, have not or have very rarely been cited as medicinal. An index of medicinal importance is proposed.
All efforts addressed to compiling ethnobotanical information in industrialised or touristised areas such as Eastern Mallorca are still valuable. New possibilities can be explored to give practical value to Mallorcan ethnobotanical data in the frame of considering traditional plant knowledge as part of the islanders’ lifestyle and healthy habits.
本文代表了马略卡岛首次大规模的民族植物学研究，提供了有关药用植物使用的重要信息，这些信息是通过对来自这个旅游热点地区的当地人进行采访而获得的，证明了其在民族药理学方面的重要性。
收集、分析和评估马略卡岛东北部地区（阿塔尔、卡普德佩拉和松塞尔维拉市；298 平方公里，31764 名居民）药用植物的民族植物学知识。
我们对 42 名受访者（平均年龄 77 岁；40%为女性，60%为男性）进行了半结构化访谈，识别出报告的植物分类群，并分析了结果，将其与当前马略卡民族植物学信息和其他地区的结果进行了比较。
受访者报告了 121 种人类药用植物，代表 64 个科。约有 45 种药用用途被报道，涉及 37 种物种，这些用途以前没有或很少被引用为药用。提出了一个药用重要性指数。
在像马略卡岛东部这样工业化或旅游化的地区，为收集民族植物学信息所做的一切努力仍然是有价值的。可以探索新的可能性，在将传统植物知识视为岛民生活方式和健康习惯一部分的框架内，赋予马略卡民族植物学数据实际价值。
