The Ethnobotany of the Island Caribs of Dominica

Hodge, W. H.; Taylor, Douglas

doi:10.1080/00837792.1957.10669669

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“…For example the claim that dogs that are "crossed" are chasing spirits in the forest rather than prey may be related to the belief of theTacana in Bolivia that malevolent spirits dwell in canopy trees such as Dipteryx odorata and Ceiba samauma [15]. The Caribs in Dominica used leaf baths against bad luck [16]. From the Venezuelan/Spanish or Amerindian tradition comes the belief in plants called "turals" in Venezuela and in Spanish-speaking Trinidad.…”

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“…The use of hallucinogenic and other plants to improve hunting success is documented in the literature [19,16]. Waorani in the Ecuadorian Amazon feel that the characteristics of one entity or object may pass to another [19].…”

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“…Caribs of Dominica used Aframomum granum-paradisi leaves on their bodies while they were bathing and the plant was also given to their hunting dogs [16]. Seeds were put into rum as a 'chauffe' to excite dogs [16]. Aframomum granum-paradisi contains alkaloids (piperine), essential oils and resins [54].…”

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Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad

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Harper

Georges

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BMC Complement Altern Med

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Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad

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“…Ageratum conyzoides is an important hemostatic and vulnerary in North (Boulos 1983), South (Amico 1977), East (Kokwaro 1976), and West (Gbile and Adesina 1987;Oliver-Bever 1986) Africa; this use is equally widespread in Asia (Bedi 1978;Chaudhuri et al 1975;Duke and Ayensu 1985;Perry 1980;Quisumbing 1951;Rageau 1973;Rao and Jamir 1982) and Australia (Lassak and McCarthy 1983). Species of Lantana are used to treat respiratory problems in West Africa (Oliver-Bever 1986), New Caledonia (Rageau 1973), the Carribbean (Hodge and Taylor 1957;Wong 1976), and Peru (Soukup 1970). Vegetative parts of Abrus precatorius are widely used in Africa to treat coughs and colds (Ayensu 1978;Gbile and Adesina 1987;McClure 1982;Von Reis and Lipp 1982); parallel uses in the Caribbean appear to have African roots (McClure 1982;Wong 1976).…”

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Herbal remedies of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya: Establishing quantitative criteria for consensus

1990

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Data based on independent interviews with45 herbalists of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya, comprised 1129 remedy reports and related to 330 species ofplants. While 49% of the remedies were encountered only once we list here 66 remedies (49 taxa) that were confirmed through independent reports from three or more individuals. A log-linear model was applied to these data in order to establish criteria for evaluating the likely efficacy ofspecific remedies. A quantitative interaction effect was calculated for each remedy as a measure of its degree of confirmation. The validity ofthe values derived from the mathematical model is considered in relation to classical criteria for evaluating ethnomedicinal reports. Les plantes medicinales Luo du district de Siaya au Kenya: identification des criteres d'evaluation quantitative pour fins de consensus. Les resultats d'enquetes individuelles avec 45 herboristes Luo du district de Siaya au Kenya ont permis de repertorier 330 especes de plantes medicinales utilisees dans quelques 1129 traitements herboristes. Puisque 49% de ces plantes medicinales n'avaient ete mentionnees qu'une seule fois, nous avons bdti une liste de 66 plantes medicinales (49 taxa) dont chacune a ete rapporteepar plus de trois herboristes. Les resultats obtenus ont ereincorpores dans un modele logarithmique lineaire afin d'identifier des criteres d'evaluation de l'efficacite de ces plantes medicinales. Pour chacune des plantes medicinales "l'effet de l'interaction quantitative" a ete utilise comme mesure de son degre de confirmation. La validite des resultats obtenus apartir de ce modele mathematique a ete comparee aux criteres classiques d'evaluation des rapports ethnomedicinaux.Although Western scientific medicine is accessible to the Luo of Nyanza Province, Kenya, many people continue to depend, at least in part, on herbal remedies. Siaya District is a rural area where practitioners of herbal medicine remain active and where opportunities exist to record and evaluate this aspect of the traditional health care of the Luo.In undertaking an ethnomedicinal survey ofthis district we encountered several methodological problems inherent in ethnobotanical work. These focus around the question of the criteria on which to assess the importance of reports from individuals in the collective pharmacopeia of the region. Inconsistency in the information received from informants is compounded by the uneven spatial distribution of plant resources and by the prevalence of certain disease conditions compared to others. Concurrently, if one wants to identify plants that might be I

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“…This plant is used by some populations as a vermifuge (Schultes & Raffauf 1990), for painful and irregular menstruation (Hodge & Taylor 1956), intestinal disorders (Van den Berg 1984, Lin et al 2002) and as an abortive and antifertility agent (Weniger et al 1982). In the state of Minas Gerais, some populations near the "Rio Doce" valley make infusions of the underground bulbs of this plant to treat intestinal infections (Kloos, unpublished data).…”

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Eleutherinone, a novel fungitoxic naphthoquinone from Eleutherine bulbosa (Iridaceae)

Alves

Kloos²,

Zani

2003

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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The dichloromethane extract prepared from the underground parts of Eleutherine bulbosa (Miller) Urban (Iridaceae) showed strong activity in the direct bioautography assay with the phytopathogenic fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum. This assay was used to guide the fractionation of this extract and allowed the isolation of four compounds: the new naphthoquinone eleutherinone [8-methoxy-1-methyl-1,3-dihydro-naphtho(2,3-c) furan-4,9-dione] and the known compounds, previously isolated from this species, eleutherin [9-methoxy-1(R),3(S)-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-benzo(g)isochromene-5,10-dione], isoeleutherin [9-methoxy-1(R),3(R)-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-benzo(g)isochromene-5,10-dione], and eleutherol [4-hydroxy-5-methoxy-3(R)-methyl-3H-naphtho(2,3-c)

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The Ethnobotany of the Island Caribs of Dominica

Cited by 53 publications

References 14 publications

Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad

Medicinal and ethnoveterinary remedies of hunters in Trinidad

Herbal remedies of the Luo of Siaya District, Kenya: Establishing quantitative criteria for consensus

Eleutherinone, a novel fungitoxic naphthoquinone from Eleutherine bulbosa (Iridaceae)

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