Plant composition and species use in agroforestry homegardens in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil

Agroforestry home gardens are integrated arrangements of common vegetable plants near residences, resembling tropical forests. They cultivate multiple species to meet families’ basic needs, including food, medicine, and family activities. This study aimed to assess the composition and use of plant species in agroforestry home gardens in three municipalities in the western region of Pará. The study analyzed 119 home gardens in Belterra, Mojuí dos Campos, and Santarém in Pará, Brazilian Amazonia. These home gardens span peri-urban, urban, floodplain, indigenous, and tourist land zones. Data were collected through questionnaires and visits, surveying 5323 plants from 188 species and 62 plant families. The findings revealed that 80.5% of plants concentrated in just 18.6% of the species, with no significant difference in species per home garden across zones. Notably, food species, particularly fruit-bearing plants, dominated these home gardens. This indicates a potential emphasis on incentiv..., For this research, home gardens (To facilitate the reading of the text, the name “home gardens” is considered the summarized form of “agroforestry home gardens”) were considered to be the environments where there is a combination of vegetal plants with or without animal husbandry, arranged in areas adjacent to the residence [28], where routine family, social, and productive activities are commonly carried out. The research universe was based on areas under family responsibility and administration, regardless of property ownership.
 
Information from the interviewees was used to indicate the edges of the home gardens for the physical delimitation of these spaces. It should be noted that in some areas surveyed, especially in peri-urban locations, floodplains, and indigenous lands, these limits were established by the way activities were handled in the place, with the residents defining the places where the handling of activities is more intensified, such as the realization of sweeping, cl..., , # Plant Composition and Species Use in Agroforestry Homegardens in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jst](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jst)

## Description of the data and file structure

* **Brief Description of Experimental Efforts**
The data were collected in a study that investigated the characterization of agroforestry home gardens (AFHGs) in different zones in the western region of the state of Par, in the Brazilian Amazon. The main objective was to analyze the plant composition, uses, and the social and environmental dynamics of these spaces, considering aspects such as species richness, indicated uses, and environmental influence. The study encompassed peri-urban, urban, floodplain, indigenous, and tourist areas, taking into account local ecological and socioeconomic factors.
* **Definition and Delimitation of Agroforestry Home Gardens**
For this research, agroforestry home gardens were defined as spaces adjacent to residences, where pla...