EthnobotaniqueRésumé : Après avoir brièvement décrit le contexte géogra-phique de leur travail, le Tassili n-Ajjer, région désertique montagneuse du Sahara central, les auteurs abordent le sujet des plantes médicinales et l'intérêt que leur portent les habitants. Des précisions sont ensuite données sur ces plantes et leurs usages : modes de préparation des remèdes, types de maladies. En fait, il s'avère que la plante médicinale garde encore sa place mais nécessite des recherches exhaustives même si nombre de scientifiques s'y sont intéressés depuis le siècle dernier. Un tableau, qui recense douze espèces et leurs utilisations, complète le texte.Abstract: After having briefly described the geographical context of their work, a mountainous desert region of the central Sahara called the Tassili n-Ajjer, the authors broach the subject of medicinal plants and the interest the inhabitants have for them. Further information is then given on these plants and their use: preparation of remedies, types of illness. In fact, the medicinal plant still has an important role but needs exhaustive research even though many scientists have taken an interest in them since the last century. To complete the text there is a table regrouping twelve species and their use.
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