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 Construction: More than ¼ of all known plants are used for the construction
of objects such as houses, boats, baskets, mats and other tools
that are in every-day use.
Here: a rope made from the fiber of Manniophyton fulvum and
a mat made from the outer layers of Maranthochloa ssp.
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 Cosmetics:
Plants are used for cosmetics. Colors, creams or odored substances
are used when time or context allow. Primiparous women that
remain at home for a six months retreat are made up regularly. |
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 Food: Plants conduce either directly or indirectly to nutrition.
Most fruits and leaves are consumed directly. Some plants,
however, are used to poison arrows for killing animal prey
or as water additive to paralyse fish. Specific plants may
also serve as substrate for caterpillars that are harvested
for consumption. |
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 Hygiene: Plants for hygienic application are known by men & women.
Of particular interest is the time of the retreat of primiparous
women. Here, the bodies of both mother and infant undergo a
variety of care that may help to increase infant survival. |
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 Medicine: More than ¼ of all plants are known to serve medicinal
needs. Here, Papa Cameron digs out a root that is used against
Malaria. |
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 Other: Resin of trees, particularly of Canarium schweinfurthii,
is used for local candles.
In addition, the category ”other” subsumes contexts
that turned out to be of minor local interest, such as plants
used as jewellery or for decoration.
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Results: (please
click on any bar to see more photographs)
The majority of plants is used in the context of construction
(tool-use), medicinal applications, food and firewood. Please
click on any bar for further details. |
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