Flora de interesse meliponícola em praças e ruas de Belterra, Pará

Abstract

A botanical survey of plants in streets and squares of the city of Belterra was carried out to evaluate the honey-meliponicultural potential as a contribution to the planning of urban afforestation favorable to the production of honey by meliponiculturists of this small town in the western region of Pará in the period of October 2021 to September 2022. Field observations were carried out in streets and squares, considering trees and shrubs and palm trees. A total of 434 individuals were registered, distributed in 56 species, 52 genera and 28 botanical families. Quantitative analysis showed that the botanical families with the highest number of individuals were: Chrysobalanaceae, Anacardiaceae and Bignoniaceae. The most abundant families in number of individuals were Fabaceae and Anacardiaceae. The species Licania tomentosa (Oiti), Mangifera indica (Mangueira), Handroanthus albus (Ipê) were the most frequent in relation to the richness of individuals and have great honey potential, as they produce pollen and nectar and are widely used in urban afforestation in the city of Belterra.