Authors :
Vincent ZOMA; Wendpanga Jacques Ismaël TARAMA; Alassane TRAORE
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 3 - March
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6400177
Abstract :
Regardless of the continent, man has a
relationship with plants, but each community ritualizes its
relationship with its environment according to various
factors. This relationship is often distinct from the
practices of other neighboring communities and
influenced by the language of communication. This
research aims to analyze the relationship between
sociolinguistic communities of the Banwa province in the
western part of Burkina Faso, and the species Ceiba
pentandra (L.) Gaertn. The fieldwork based on an
ethnobotanical survey involved 267 people chosen at
random and divided into three age groups comprising
men and women, most of whom are illiterate. It essentially
emerges from the study that the values of the indices of
diversity and equitability of knowledge are low according
to gender, and according to age. These values indicate an
unequal distribution of knowledge of the species between
respondents. In addition, the study revealed 6 forms of
uses of the products of the species and among the different
parts of the species, the leaves are more in demand than
the bark and the fruit.
Keywords :
Ceiba Pentandra, Communities, Banwa, Burkina Faso.
Regardless of the continent, man has a
relationship with plants, but each community ritualizes its
relationship with its environment according to various
factors. This relationship is often distinct from the
practices of other neighboring communities and
influenced by the language of communication. This
research aims to analyze the relationship between
sociolinguistic communities of the Banwa province in the
western part of Burkina Faso, and the species Ceiba
pentandra (L.) Gaertn. The fieldwork based on an
ethnobotanical survey involved 267 people chosen at
random and divided into three age groups comprising
men and women, most of whom are illiterate. It essentially
emerges from the study that the values of the indices of
diversity and equitability of knowledge are low according
to gender, and according to age. These values indicate an
unequal distribution of knowledge of the species between
respondents. In addition, the study revealed 6 forms of
uses of the products of the species and among the different
parts of the species, the leaves are more in demand than
the bark and the fruit.
Keywords :
Ceiba Pentandra, Communities, Banwa, Burkina Faso.
