Le teck, Tectona grandis L.f., chez les Arabo-Musulmans du Moyen-Âge
Teak, Tectona grandis L.f., has been known since the first centuries of our era, at least. It was first used as marine construction wood. The Persians, and later the Arabs, before Islam, used this wood which was abundant in the region. It came from the western coasts of India and was very easy to re...
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Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Revue d'ethnoécologie |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/8651 |
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| Summary: | Teak, Tectona grandis L.f., has been known since the first centuries of our era, at least. It was first used as marine construction wood. The Persians, and later the Arabs, before Islam, used this wood which was abundant in the region. It came from the western coasts of India and was very easy to reach from the Persian Gulf and the south of the Arabian Peninsula. They organized its trade for many centuries. Whole logs of wood reached Baṣra, at the far end of the Persian Gulf. The precious wood had also been used, from the beginning of Islam (622) to build also many mosques in the Arabian Peninsula, and later on even the most prestigious ones of the Islamic world, as well as the Arab palaces and then houses, like the ones in Sīrāf. Arab travelers, geographers and religious figures are the sources of detailed information. This tree came from northern Indochina (Burma, Thailand, Laos) and India; it was brought to Java by Vishnu priests. This circulation gave rise to various names, jati in Indonesian, tekka, saka, sag, in Indian and sāg and then sāj in Arab. Nowadays, this tree with so many properties – the most important one being to protect the iron – is being planted for reforestation purposes everywhere in the tropical zones, with much more common uses. |
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| ISSN: | 2267-2419 |