This work carried out an ethnobotanical survey of the medicinal plants used by the inhabitants of the Monjolinho settlement in Anastácio city, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The goal of this work was to verify how residents congregate information brought from their place with information obtained where they live now, and to verify how the knowledge of spontaneous and native species from cerrado varies in relation to the specie cultivated. A total of 35 inhabitants were interviewed using the snowball method (33 women). The species (210) recorded belong to 72 families. Of these, many are native Cerrado species and the remaining species are cultivated next to the houses. Fabaceae and Asteraceae were the most cited families. Of the 23 species of Fabaceae, 20 are native. The species with the highest number of citations were jatobá (Hymenaea spp.) and barbatimão (Stryphnodendron obovatum Benth.). Those with a high agreement index of use (CUP) were barbatimão (S. obovatum) and cancorosa (Maytenus ilicifolia (Schrad.) Planch). Leaves represented the most used parts. Diseases of the respiratory and genitourinary systems were cited. The species use diversity (H' = 5,03) was high. The information was acquired from friends (37%), courses (17%) or family (39%), and shows that there is use of medicinal species, and knowledge about these plants, in the community.
cerrado; native species; transmission of knowledge
