Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences(An International Journal)

Palms are important for their ethnobotanical uses in rural indigenous areas of developing countries; however, they are rarely studied in other regions apart from the Brazilian Amazon. They are subjected to threats worldwide that are both natural and anthropogenic. This study collected data on tree parameters and ethnobotanical data via a semi-structured questionnaire, using simple random sampling methods. The results revealed information that is useful for assessing palms by the IUCN and identifying the palms found in the specific study area. Tree species identification was based on their visible traits, their edible parts, which were their fruits, the uses of the palms, and their local names, which were verified with credible published literature There was a total of seven species found across the three sample plots, these include Expand these names -Attalea maripa, Maurita flexuosa, Jessenia bataua, Metrosideros excelsa, Prestoea tenuiramosa, Couroupita guianensis having the highest abundance of 18%. The simple conservation methods established are to use sustainable harvesting methods and avoid cutting down trees in housing areas and farmlands. The main driver of conservation action was the recognition of the ecological roles of palms in reducing the effects of flooding and limiting soil erosion. The main factors of ethnobotanical knowledge loss in this area include modernization, jobs, language loss, and internal migration. This research paper addressed aspects of the common palm species, such as its distribution (location) and the indigenous applications in the study area, the Hururu Village of Region 10.