Circulations et échanges de plantes et de savoirs phyto-médicinaux sur la frontière franco-brésilienne

Abstract

Revue francophone sur la santé et les territoiresLes circulations en santé : des produits, des savoirs, des personnes en mouvement | 2019 Circulations et échanges de plantes et de savoirs phyto-médicinaux sur la frontière francobrésilienne

When local phytotherapies meet biomedicine. Cross-sectional study of knowledge and intercultural practices against malaria in Eastern French Guiana

“…J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Some seemingly highly cited plants from Eastern French Guiana in 2005, such as Mikania micrantha, Coutoubea spp., and Plectranthus spp., are not or only rarely cited in our study, a testament to the ongoing cultural dynamics in the region, as already discussed by Odonne et al (2011) and Tareau et al (2019b). It is likely that some other species would have appeared with an open questionnaire.…”

“…This species of widespread use (Odonne et al, 2020) was in recent years the center of a polemic related to a biopiracy issue (Bourdy et al, 2017) that has certainly added a kind of scientific dressing to its already widespread fame. It is also interesting to note that this species is the most cited in SGO regarding all kind of diseases (Tareau et al, 2019b).…”

“…Concerning the use of plant medicine in general in French Guiana, access to plants is largely informal, but easy. Plants are often locally collected in gardens or around villages, either by patients themselves or by their relatives (Grenand et al, 2004;Tareau et al, 2017) although important exchange networks have also been documented in the region (Tareau et al, 2019a(Tareau et al, , 2019b.…”

Geopolitics of bitterness: Deciphering the history and cultural biogeography of Quassia amara L

“…In 1896, the species was collected growing spontaneously close to Cayenne (P-Soubirou s.n.). Circulation of knowledge in French Guiana mainly occurs (today and in the past) within the coastal area and along the main rivers, such as the Maroni and the Oyapock (Tareau, 2019;Tareau et al, 2019). The fact that the species is unknown among the Wayãpi, Wayana and Teko indigenous groups currently living in the remote South of French Guiana, whose only links to the coast are these rivers, also support this coastal way of introduction (Grenand et al, 2004;Odonne & Davy, unpublished results).…”

“…The bitter wood was even cited by recent Haitian migrants in Cayenne, showing the adaptation of these cultures to the medicinal flora of their new host country. Q. amara was also the most cited species in Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock, located at the border between French Guiana and Brazil, as a general medicinal plant (Tareau et al, 2019).…”