Ž . Fitoterapia 73 2002 6991 Medicinal plants popularly used in the Brazilian Tropical Atlantic Forest L.C. Di Stasi a,  , G.P. Oliveira a , M.A. Carvalhaes a , M. Queiroz-Junior a , O.S. Tien a , S.H. Kakinami a , M.S. Reis b a Laboratory of Phytomedicines, Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Biociencias de ˆ Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil ˜ b Departamento de Fitotecnica, Centro de Ciencias Agrarias, Uni  ersidade Federal de Santa ˆ ´ Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil ´ Accepted in revised form 16 November 2001 Abstract A survey of medicinal plants used by rural and urban inhabitants of the three cities of the Tropical Atlantic Forest, Region of Vale do Ribeira, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil was ˜ performed by means of 200 interviews with medicinal plant users and extractors and, traditional healers. One hundred fourteen herbal remedies were recorded and the following information reported: Latin, vernacular and English names, plant part used, forms of preparation and application of the herbal remedies, medicinal or food uses, areas of plant Ž . collection, economic importance when available and other data.  2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Medicinal plants; Ethnopharmacology; Mata Atlantica; Tropical Atlantic Forest; Traditional ˆ medicine; State of Sao Paulo; Brazil ˜  Corresponding author. Laboratorio de Fitofarmacos, Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de ´ ´ Biociencias de Botucatu, UNESP. CP 510, CEP, 18618-000, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Tel.: 55-21- ˆ ˜ 14-6802-6253; fax: 55-21-14-6821-3744. Ž . E-mail address: ldistasi@ibb.unesp.br L.C. Di Stasi . 0367-326X02$ - see front matter  2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Ž . PII: S 0 3 6 7 - 3 2 6 X 01 00362-8