Plantas medicinais da Estrada Real.

O objetivo deste estudo foi verifi car quais plantas medicinais nativas foram descritas por naturalistas Europeus que percorreram Minas Gerais, mais especifi camente a Estrada Real, s?culo XIX. Informa??es sobre as plantas foram extra?das dos di?rios de viagens dos naturalistas e enquanto o uso atual das plantas foi verifi cado por meio de entrevistas com alguns usu?rios. Um total de duzentas esp?cies de plantas nativas foi descrita pelos naturalistas em Minas Gerais sendo trinta, na Estrada Real. Muitas n?o s?o mais conhecidas hoje ou s?o usadas para fi ns diferentes aos do passado. Esfor?os s?o necess?rios para proteger essas plantas nativas e o conhecimento tradicional associado.The aim of this study was to verify the Brazilian medicinal plants were described by European naturalists in their travels books in 19th century, and which still in use in Royal Road. Information about the plants was obtained from bibliographic material and their current use was verifi ed by interviews with healers. A total of two-hunderts native plant species were described by the naturalists in Minas Gerais and thirty in Royal Road. Several species mentioned by them are not more known in Royal Road and other are used for other indications as they were in the past. Efforts are necessary in order to protect the native medicinal species as well as their associated traditional knowledge