Diversidad agrícola de especies de frutales en el agroecosistema campesino de la Comunidad Las Caobas, Gibara, Holguín

As part of the project of Strengthening the Lo- cal Agricultural Innovation to reduce drought impact in "Las Caobas" community, Gibara municipality, Holguin province, a diversity study was carried out with fruit-bearing trees, to face women's need in this community and also due to the significance of such crops for reducing high temperatures, as a result of supplying shade and creating a fresh atmosphere, besides its potentialities in many cases as medicinal plants and cooking application. Results showed three families as the most representative and adapted to the prevailing conditions of climate and soil in the community, which were: Rutaceae (four species), Annonaceae (three species) and Anacardiaceae (three species). The ecological indexes of Margalef (Dmg), Simpson (λ) and inverse of Simpson (1-λ) respectively proved the richness, wealth and equity of the fruit-bearing species generally present in the farm and community.