APROVECHAMIENTO ALIMENTARIO DE INFLORESCENCIAS EN LA REGIÓN SIERRA DEL ESTADO DE TABASCO

Abstract

This paper presents results from the research project named “Identification of the
Traditional Alimentary Culture in the State
of Tabasco”, SIGOLFO 97-06-007-T. Based
on questionnaires distributed in communities about 100 and 500 inhabitants, at least
one of them in each community being an
indigenous speaker, it was found that their
inhabitants, for ancestral and cultural customs, are devoted to gathering plant species for supplying supplementary sustenance. The most important alternative vegetable source being gathered is inflorescences of species like Erythrina
americana Mill., Calathea macrosepala
(Aubl.) Lindl., Spathiphyllum phryniifolium Schott, Astrocaryum mexicanum
Liebm., Chamaedora sp. aff. pinnatifrons
Liebm. ex Mart. y Chamaedora cataractarum (Mart.). It was found that the consumption of inflorescences prevails in these communities as a nutrition base during periods
of food shortage or special celebrations
such as Holy Week when Catholics do not
eat meat.