Abstract

GUARNIZO-LOSADA, María Alejandra; ROSERO-TORO, Jeison Herley  and  IQUIRA-GUZMAN, Yury Andrea. Ethnobotanical study with students of 5th grade of the mixed rural school el Colorado, of the indigenous Resguardo of Cohetando, Páez, Cauca. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2022, vol.25, n.spe, e2149.  Epub June 01, 2022. ISSN 0123-4226.  https://doi.org/10.31910/rudca.v25.nsupl.1.2022.2149.

One of the most complex challenges faced in the school is the articulation of cultural knowledge with school curricula. Thus, this research aimed to recognize the useful flora, the ethnobotanical categories, and to estimate if there is a difference between species according to their origin (wild and/or cultivated) according to the knowledge constructed by the 5th grade students of the Mixed Rural School El Colorado, of the Indigenous Resguardo of Cohetando, municipality of Páez, Cauca. The methodological process was carried out under a mixed approach, the qualitative from the ethnographic method, making use of techniques such as participant observation, ethnobotanical tours and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative part was carried out from a multivariate analysis, using Jaccard's index to estimate the similarity between the ethnobotanical categories; likewise, an analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to estimate if there are significant differences between the origin of the species and the origin of the species. From the above, students reported 81 useful plants grouped into six ethnobotanical categories, being ornamentation, and medicinal and food the most relevant by number of species. In terms of origin, a significant difference was found for the cultivated category with respect to the wild category. Finally, the high degree of knowledge that the students have about the useful flora is evident, as well as the importance for their Indigenous Reservation as a symbol of resistance that allows safeguarding the historical memory.

Keywords : Ethnobotanical categories; Ethnobotany; Intercultural education; Traditional knowledge; Useful flora.

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