L'arbuste Calotropis procera, un épisode de son histoire dans le bassin du lac Tchad
Coming initially from the desert’s margins, Calotropis procera is now progressively moving down south, owing both to anthropic diffusion and to the deterioration of the environment. Calotropis procera is credited with powers which would allegedly stem from its oddity and, as such, it is perhaps one...
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| description | Coming initially from the desert’s margins, Calotropis procera is now progressively moving down south, owing both to anthropic diffusion and to the deterioration of the environment. Calotropis procera is credited with powers which would allegedly stem from its oddity and, as such, it is perhaps one of the most solicited plants in human history. In North Cameroon, it is used for a large number of protection rituals, trials by ordeal… and it also features prominently in traditional medicine’s recipes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cacb111e0df943cbbb55e648dd4a8b8f2025-02-05T16:25:00ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192016-07-01910.4000/ethnoecologie.2462L'arbuste Calotropis procera, un épisode de son histoire dans le bassin du lac TchadChristian SeignobosComing initially from the desert’s margins, Calotropis procera is now progressively moving down south, owing both to anthropic diffusion and to the deterioration of the environment. Calotropis procera is credited with powers which would allegedly stem from its oddity and, as such, it is perhaps one of the most solicited plants in human history. In North Cameroon, it is used for a large number of protection rituals, trials by ordeal… and it also features prominently in traditional medicine’s recipes.https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/2462Northern CameroonCalotropis procerarituals and trials by ordealChadGiziga Bwi Marva |
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| title | L'arbuste Calotropis procera, un épisode de son histoire dans le bassin du lac Tchad |
| title_full | L'arbuste Calotropis procera, un épisode de son histoire dans le bassin du lac Tchad |
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| title_short | L'arbuste Calotropis procera, un épisode de son histoire dans le bassin du lac Tchad |
| title_sort | l arbuste calotropis procera un episode de son histoire dans le bassin du lac tchad |
| topic | Northern Cameroon Calotropis procera rituals and trials by ordeal Chad Giziga Bwi Marva |
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