Insect visitation and pollination of a culturally significant plant, Hopi tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)

Gibson, Shelby D; Halvorson, Kennedy; Myers, Lisa; Colla, Sheila R.

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.105613

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“…The present work thus focused on this application. We conducted a case study in transdisciplinary collaboration [ 77 , 78 , 79 ] with a so-called Maestro Tabaquero , a traditional Amazonian healer whose medical specialization focuses on tobacco (a common name for N. rustica in this Amazonian region is mapacho ; other names reported in the literature from various Indigenous American groups include for instance sacha tabaco, yé, ya, tsalagayun’li, semaa, asemaa, real tobacco , Native tobacco, wild tobacco, Aztec tobacco, Hopi tobacco [ 7 , 9 , 10 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 ]. Using a mixed-methods field research approach, we aimed to describe the therapeutic process experience and symptom changes of a patient receiving a weeklong treatment with oral tobacco by a Peruvian-Amazonian Maestro Tabaquero .…”

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Indigenous-Amazonian Traditional Medicine’s Usage of the Tobacco Plant: A Transdisciplinary Ethnopsychological Mixed-Methods Case Study

Berlowitz

Torres²,

Maake

et al. 2023

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Harmful usage of tobacco is a global public health problem associated with adverse health effects and addiction. Yet, in the Peruvian Amazon, the native region of Nicotiana rustica L., this plant is used in remarkably different manners: it is considered a potent medicinal plant, applied in liquid form for oral ingestion to treat mental health problems, a common and ancient healing practice in this region. Using a transdisciplinary field research approach with mixed ethnopsychological methods, this work aimed to report for the first time a case study in this context. The intervention took place in the Peruvian Amazon (Loreto) and involved ritual tobacco ingestion in a weeklong retreat-like frame, administered by a specialized traditional Amazonian healer. The patient was a 37-year-old woman with diagnosed mood, anxiety, and attention deficit disorders, as well as a chronic somatic condition. We applied qualitative experience-sampling during and quantitative symptom assessments pre- and post-treatment. Our findings offer a detailed description of the experiential therapeutic process during the treatment week and suggest clinically relevant improvements in patient well-being. This work is significant in view of the globally prevalent harmful uses of tobacco and the current scientific trend of revisiting herbal psychoactives (e.g., cannabis, psilocybin) for their therapeutic potentials.

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Indigenous-Amazonian Traditional Medicine’s Usage of the Tobacco Plant: A Transdisciplinary Ethnopsychological Mixed-Methods Case Study

Berlowitz

Torres²,

Maake

et al. 2023

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Optical multiband polarimetric modulation sensing for gender and species identification of flying native solitary pollinators

Li,

Han,

Nessler

et al. 2023

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Determining the plant-pollinator network in a culturally significant food and medicine garden in the Great Lakes region

Gibson,

Onuferko,

Myers

et al. 2024

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Understanding the interactions between plants and pollinators within a system can provide information about pollination requirements and the degree to which species contribute to floral reproductive success. Past research has focused largely on interactions within monocultured agricultural systems and only somewhat on wild pollination networks. This study focuses on the culturally significant Three Sisters Garden, which has been grown and tended by many Indigenous peoples for generations in the Great Lakes Region. Here, the plant-pollinator network of the traditional Three Sisters Garden with the inclusion of some additional culturally significant plants was mapped. Important visitors in this system included the common eastern bumble bee, Bombus impatiens Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae), and the hoary squash bee, Xenoglossa pruinosa (Say) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), as determined by their abundances and pollinator service index (PSI) values. Understanding the key pollinators in the Three Sisters Garden links biological diversity to cultural diversity through the pollination of culturally significant plants. Further, this information could be of use in supporting Indigenous food sovereignty by providing knowledge about which wild pollinators could be supported to increase fruit and seed set within the Three Sisters Garden. Our findings can also lead to more effective conservation of important wild pollinator species.

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Insect visitation and pollination of a culturally significant plant, Hopi tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)

Cited by 3 publications

References 34 publications

Indigenous-Amazonian Traditional Medicine’s Usage of the Tobacco Plant: A Transdisciplinary Ethnopsychological Mixed-Methods Case Study

Indigenous-Amazonian Traditional Medicine’s Usage of the Tobacco Plant: A Transdisciplinary Ethnopsychological Mixed-Methods Case Study

Optical multiband polarimetric modulation sensing for gender and species identification of flying native solitary pollinators

Determining the plant-pollinator network in a culturally significant food and medicine garden in the Great Lakes region

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