Useful plants of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico

Abstract

COFFEE PLANTATIONS IN THE SIERRA NORTE DE PUEBLA (SNP) ARE AGROECOSYSTEMS WITH VARIABLE COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY IN COFFEE PLANTATIONS IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT INTO WHICH COFFEE PRODUCTION IS INSERTED. IN THE LAST DECADE, COFFEE CULTIVATION HAS BEEN IN CRISIS DUE TO LOW PRICES. NEVERTHELESS, FARMERS OF THE SNP MAINTAIN THEIR PLANTATIONS AS A SOURCE OF INCOME, WITH NEW STRATEGIES SUCH AS THE INTRODUCTION OR INCREASE OF PLANTS WITH ECONOMIC VALUE, LIKE ALLSPICE (PIMENTA DIOICA), MAMEY (POUTERIA SAPOTA), AND MEDICINAL PLANTS, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE VERSATILITY AND POSSIBILITIES FOR REORGANIZATION OF THESE AGROECOSYSTEMS. IN THIS PAPER WE PROVIDE AN INVENTORY OF THE USEFUL VERSATILITY AND POSSIBILITIES FOR REORGANIZATION OF THESE AGROECOSYSTEMS. IN THIS PAPER WE PROVIDE AN INVENTORY OF THE USEFUL COULD REPRESENT NEW SOURCES OF INCOME. A TOTAL OF 256 SPECIES ARE NATIVE AND 63 INTRODUCED, GROUPED IN 13 ANTHROPOCENTRIC CATEGORIES, OF WHICH MEDICINAL AND FOOD PLANTS ARE MORE NUMEROUS.CATEGORIES, OF WHICH MEDICINAL AND FOOD PLANTS ARE MORE NUMEROUS.