Traditional wetland palm uses in construction and cooking in Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico

Abstract

Palms are present in all wetland forests and provide many useful products, such as building materials and food. In order to recover the knowledge about the traditional use of wetlands palms, we studied and documented the construction of houses and the preparation of traditional recipes, by conducting interviews and participant observation in rural communities associated with wetlands in Mexico. The main findings of this study were: