The objective of this study was to collect and to identify native species considered medicinal in forest fragments in Dourados-Mato Grosso Sul. Had been identified 37 species distributed in 28 families which had been indicated by the woodsman of the region for being used by the population as medicinal alternative. Families that presented greater number of species were Piperaceae (10.8%), Moraceae (8.1%), Smilaceae (8.1%), Myrtaceae (5.4%) and Rubiacee (5.4%). The etnobotanical survey indicated 45 different medicinal uses for the species, the used parts more for the preparation of remedies is the leaves and bark, being that the illnesses for which bigger number of indications had been rheumatism, dysentery, diabetes, fevers, coughs and cicatrizations.
Native species; popular medicine; popular knowledge
