() is a civil parish along the southwestern coast of the municipality of Madalena on the island Portuguese island of Pico, in the archipelago of the Azores. The population in 2011 was 772, in an area of 17.37 km².
History
thumb|235px|left|A bust of Francisco Ferreira Goulart, resident and patron of the small parish
It is known, from oral investigations, that one of the first civil parishes created on the island of Pico was dedicated to the apostle Mathew, and which extended along the southern coast in an area considerably larger than today's limits. It was, then, part of the locality of Arruda, its centre from Lajes, and whose name was derived from a medicinal plant discovered in the region.