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Table 2 Firewood species used for bonfire-making in Sítio Cutia and Sítio Barra during the years 2021 and 2022

From: Access restrictions to forest resources, rather than COVID-19 bans, drive the selection of firewood species for bonfires during Festas Juninas in northeastern Brazil

Botanical family

Species

Popular name

Status

Frequency (%)

Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Cutia

Barra

Banned

Lifted

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera indica L

Manga

Exotic

16.42

45.74

1

1

 

Spondias mombin L

Cajá

Native

20

3.19

1

1

 

Astronium urundeuva (M.Allemão) Engl

Aroeira

Native

2.14

0

1

 

Anacardium occidentale L

Caju

Native

5

1

1

 

Spondias dulcis G. Forst

Cajarana

Exotic

2.14

1

1

 

Spondias cf. bahiensis

Cajá-umbu

Native

2.85

1

0

Annonaceae

Annona sp.

Graviola

Exotic

3.19

1

0

Arecaceae

Cocos nucifera L

Coco

Exotic

15.71

1

1

Bignoniaceae

Handroanthus sp.

Pau d’arco

Native

20

23.4

1

1

Bixaceae

Bixa orellana L

Açafrão

Native

1.42

1

0

Boraginaceae

Cordia trichotoma (Vell.) Arráb. ex Steud

Frei-jorge

Native

3.57

1

1

Capparaceae

Cynophalla flexuosa (L.) J.Presl

Feijão de boi

Native

2.14

0

1

Combretaceae

Terminalia catappa L

Castanhola

Exotic

15.95

1

1

 

Combretum leprosum Mart

Sipaúba

Native

5

1

0

Cecropiaceae

Cecropia palmata Willd

Imbaúba

Native

2.12

0

1

Euphorbiaceae

Croton blanchetianus Baill

Mermeleiro

Native

42.14

41.49

1

1

 

Sapium argutum (Müll.Arg.) Huber

Leiteira

Native

1.42

1

0

Lauraceae

Persea americana Mill

Abacate

Exotic

0.71

0

1

Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae

Bauhinia cheilantha (Bong.) Steud

Mororó

Native

2.85

1

1

Leguminosae: Mimosoideae

Piptadenia retusa (Jacq.) P.G.Ribeiro, Seigler & Ebinger

Jurema-branca

Native

0.71

0

1

 

Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil (Griseb.) Altschul

Angico

Native

40

42.55

1

1

 

Enterolobium sp.

Tambor

Native

2.85

1

1

 

Albizia polycephala (Benth.)

Camudongo / Camuzé

Native

3.57

1

1

 

Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Benth

Sabiá

Native

60.71

39.36

1

1

 

Parkia pendula (Willd.) Benth. ex Walp

Alucena

Exotic

0.71

6.38

1

1

 

Senegalia tenuifolia (L.) Britton & Rose

Calombi

Native

3.57

6.38

1

1

 

Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC

Algaroba

Exotic

4.28

1

0

 

Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr

Bordão de velho

Native

5

1

1

 

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw

Sombrião

Exotic

9.57

1

1

Leguminosae: Papilionatae

Geoffroea spinosa Jacq

Mari

Native

2.14

0

1

 

Machaerium aculeatum Raddi

Espinho-de-judeu/Espinheiro

Native

12.85

1

1

 

Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) L.P.Queiroz

Jucá

Native

17.14

1

1

Malvaceae

Guazuma ulmifolia Lam

Mutamba

Native

4.28

0

1

Meliaceae

Azadirachta indica A.Juss

Nin

Exotic

3.19

1

0

Moraceae

Ficus benjamina L

Figo

Exotic

5

1

1

 

Artocarpus integrifolia L

Jaca

Exotic

7.44

1

1

Myrtaceae

Psidium guajava L

Goiaba

Exotic

3.57

10.63

1

1

 

Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels

Azeitona

Exotic

1.42

17.02

1

1

 

Eucalyptus globulus Labill

Eucalipto

Exotic

4.25

1

1

Musaceae

Musa paradisiaca L

Bananeira

Exotic

4.25

1

1

Nyctaginaceae

Guapira cf. noxia (Netto) Lundell

João-mole

Native

5

1

1

Rubiaceae

Genipa americana L

Jenipapo

Native

5

0

1

Rutaceae

Citrus aurantium L

Laranja

Exotic

4.28

20.21

1

1

Sapindaceae

Talisia esculenta (Cambess.) Radlk

Pitomba

Native

4.28

1

1

 

Allophylus puberulus (Cambess.) Radlk

Estraladeira

Native

0.71

0

1

Poaceae

Bambusa sp.

Bambu

Native

2.85

1

1

Rhamnaceae

Ziziphus joazeiro Mart

Juá

Native

7.14

1

1

Vochysiaceae

Callisthene fasciculata Mart

Campineiro

Native

2.14

5.31

1

1

Unidentified

Canafista

3.57

1

1

 

Coração-negro

1.06

0

1

 

Piaca

0.71

1

0

 

Sete-casca

1.42

2.12

0

1

 

Ameixa

2.14

0

1

  1. Regarding bans due to COVID-19, 0 represents absence, and 1 represents presence