Ocupação do cajazinho (Spondias mombin L.) como componente florestal na paisagem de áreas urbanas.

Abstract

It's not uncommon to see conflicting manifestations around public management models that establish a format for urban expansion or organization based solely on the occupation of asphalt and concrete. The growing need for housing and all forms of infrastructure demanded in cities ends up sacrificing what has no voice, what has no owner, what cannot be sold or bought: the tree in the public space. The article deals with the bioeconomy surrounding the cajazinho tree (S mombin L.) in the area of influence that makes up the urban perimeter of the city of Goiás - GO. The existence of a plant species that occupies a public space strengthens the case for environmental conservation in the debates that define the direction of urban planning. It highlights the importance of the standing cajazinho tree (S mombin L.) for the urban environment, for the integration of the forest component into the urban landscape, for food culture, for the alternative of urban extractive production and income generation. The article deals with biological aspects by discussing the taxonomy and physiology of the species; it deals with issues of urban environmental planning by presenting the results of the forestry census that marks the presence of the plant in the urban area and it deals with issues of landscaping by inserting the plant as a forest component in the integration of the city landscape. As for the socio-economic aspect, the potential of the cajazinho tree for forming and supplementing family income is presented; indicates the aspects involving the plant's productive performance and potential monetary return from keeping the plant standing.