EVALUACIÓN DE LOS HUERTOS ETNOBOTÁNICOS DEL PARQUE HISTÓRICO GUAYAQUIL

Abstract

In 2000, the Parque Histórico Guayaquil, opened the Traditions Zone, with ethnobotanical orchards, made up of aromatic and medicinal plants, industrial plants, fruits, vegetables, greens and seasoning. These orchards have been managed under the criteria of urban permaculture and agro ecology, which has organic processes, waste recycling, vermiculture and composting, plants allopathic principles, association and crop rotation and the cycle of quail. The purpose of this research was to update the inventory of species of the ethnobotanical orchards, develop a catalog and propose management alternatives to this exhibition. The results show 59 species, 22 species from past years and 37 from 2016, of these 46% are native and 54% introduced. Families with more species are Lamiaceae, Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae. Regarding the use, medicinal plants have 25 sp., food with 19 sp., ornamental 32 sp. and industrial 3 sp. The current catalog contains 37 species and intends to redesign the orchards by diversifying the species, considering those used in previous years, with a botanical phylogenetic organization, its uses and properties and include endemic plants of the coast of Ecuador.