Amazonia: Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and Its People (UNU, 1995, 253 pages): Appendices: 3. Seventy-four plant species (exclusive of ornamentals, medicinal plants, and vegetables) found in 31 home gardens in upland areas of rural Pará, 1992

Amazonia: Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and Its People (UNU, 1995, 253 pages)

Note from the editors

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Amazonia under siege

(introductory text...)

Major objectives and regional coverage

The substance of sustainability

The question of criticality

The urgency of improved resource management

2. Environmental threats

(introductory text...)

The myth of virginity

Climatic change

The environmental impact of smoke

Soil erosion and floods

Hydroelectric dams

The environmental impacts of mining

Petroleum extraction

A blizzard of cocaine

Habitat destruction and the loss of biodiversity

3. Forces of change and societal responses

(introductory text...)

Population change

Technological change

Socio-economic and institutional change

Beliefs and attitudes towards development

Income and wealth issues

Societal responses

4. Forest conservation and management

Parks and preserves

The extraction of non-timber forest products by settlers

Forest management for timber and charcoal

5. Silviculture and plantation crops

(introductory text...)

Silviculture for pulp

Rubber plantations

Oil-palm Oil palm

Coconut

6. Agro-forestry and perennial cropping systems

(introductory text...)

Diversity in space

Diversity in time

Agro-forestry integration with aquaculture and livestock

Laissez-faire biocontrol

Innovation at Tomé-Açu

Revival in the Bragantina zone

The pioneer experience: Transamazon and Rondônia

The emergence of nurseries for perennial crops

Comparisons with the Old World tropics

Cash crops on the horizon

Constraints on further intensification

7. Ranching problems and potential on the uplands

(introductory text...)

Driving forces and the mythical hamburger connection

Pasture development in the uplands

Pasture restoration

Savannas

8. Land-use dynamics on the Amazon flood plain

(introductory text...)

An aquatic breadbasket

The collapse of jute and the emergence of market gardening

Flood-plain orchards

Livestock in conflict with crops and fisheries

Setting the stage

9. Trends and opportunities

(introductory text...)

Environmental degradation

Wealth and well-being

Vulnerability

Fine-tuning the policy environment

A team approach

Conservation and sustainable development

Appendices

1. Scientific names of plants (exclusive of ornamentals, medicinal plants, and vegetables) growing in 31 home gardens and agro-forestry systems in 121 polycultural fields involving perennials in upland areas of the Brazilian Amazon, and their occurrence in second growth or forest

2. Ninety-seven agro-forestry configurations observed in 121 polycultural fields involving perennials in upland areas of the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-1992

3. Seventy-four plant species (exclusive of ornamentals, medicinal plants, and vegetables) found in 31 home gardens in upland areas of rural Pará, 1992

4. Locations and composition of 31 home gardens (exclusive of ornamentals, medicinal plants, and vegetables) sampled in upland areas of rural Pará, 1992

5. Sixty plant species observed in 97 agro- forestry configurations in 121 polycultural fields involving perennials in upland areas of the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-1992

References (A - K)

References (K - Z)

3. Seventy-four plant species (exclusive of ornamentals, medicinal plants, and vegetables) found in 31 home gardens in upland areas of rural Pará, 1992

Plant	Local name of fruit	Home gardens	Amazon native	Native to neotropics	Old World native
Açai	Açai	10	+
Ameixa	Ameixa	4			+
Annatto	Urucu	15	+
Arabica coffee	Cafe	14			+
Avocado	Abacate	16		+
Azeitona	Azeitona	2	+
Babaçu	Babaçu, côco	3	+
Bacaba	Bacaba	5	+
Banana	Banana	15			+
Barbados cherry	Acerola	2		+
biribá	biribá	8	+
Black pepper	Pimento do reino	6		+
Brazil nut	Castanha do Pará,	6	+
Breadfruit	Fruta-pão	1			+
Buriti	Buriti	1	+
Cacao	Cacao	10	+
Caimito	Abiu	1	+
Calabash gourd	Cuia	5			+
Canela	Canela	1	+
Capsicum pepper	Pimenta	5	+
Carambola	Carambola	2			+
Cashew	Caju	19	+
Cedar	Cedro	1	+
Coconut	côco	16		+
Common bean	Feijão	1		+
Cotton	Algodão	7	+
Cumaru	Cumaru	1			+
Cunambi	Cunambi	1	+
Cupuaçu	Cupuaçu	21			+
Cupui	Cupui	1	+
Embileira	Embileira	1	+
Genipap	Jenipapo	3		+
Giant granadilla	Maracujá-açu	1		+
Guava	Goiaba	18	+
Ingá	Ingá	6	+
Ingá-açu	Ingá-açu	1	+
Jackfruit	Jaca	15			+
Jangada	Jangada	1	+
Lima	Lima	4			+
Lime	Limão	14		+
Lemon grass	Capim santo	1		+	+
Macacaúba	Macacaúba	2	+
Malay apple	Jambo	7	+
Mamelo	Mamelo	1	+
Mango	Manga	27		+
Manioc	Mandhioca, macaxeira	5	+
Morototó	Morototó	1	+
Mountain soursop	Araticum	1		+
Mucaja	Mucaja	2	+
Muruci	Muruci	8	+
Oiticica	Oiticica	1			+
Orange	Laranja	25		+
Pajura	Pajura	1	+
Papaya	Mamão	10		+
Passionfruit	Maracujá	4		+
Peach-palm	Pupunha	13	+
Pineapple	Abacaxi	11		+
piquiá	piquiá	1	+
Pitinga	Pitinga	1	+
Pitomba	Pitomba	2	+
Robusta coffee	Cafe	2			+
Rough lemon	Limão-cravo	3			+
Rubber	Seringa	1	+
Soursop	Graviola	9	+
Sugarcane	Cana	4			+
Sweet potato	Batata doce	1		+
Sweetsop	Ata	1		+
Tamarind	Tamarindo	1			+
Tangerine	Tangerina	14			+
Tobacco	Fumo	1		+
Tropical almond	Castanhola	1			+
Tucumã	Tucumã	I	+
Uxi	Uxi	1	+
Yellow mombim	Cajá, taperebá	6	+

Sources of information on aop origins: Cavalcante (1991); Smith et al. (1992). a. For scienti6c names of planes see appendix 1.