[ Etude préliminaire de la monographie de Petersianthus macrocarpus (P. Beauv.) Liben (Lecythidaceae), une espèce ligneuse à multiples usages d’Afrique centrale ]
Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2020, Pages 794–804
Ecclésiaste Marien Ambombo Onguene1, Léon Dieudonné KONO2, Marie-alain Mbarga Bindzi3, and Joseph Achille MESSI EFFA4
1 Laboratoire de Botanique-Ecologie, Département de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, B.P. 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Botanical-Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaounde 1, P O. box: 812 Yaounde, Cameroon
3 Laboratoire de Botanique-Ecologie, Département de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, B.P. 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon
4 Botanical-Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaounde 1, P O. box: 812 Yaounde, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P. Beauv.) Liben, from the pilot name Abing or Abale, is a species in the family Lecythidaceae. Nowadays, is belongs to the group of species obtained in the past as secondary and which has exploitable potential, especially for wood and non-wood forest products. The present work draws up an ethnobotanical and ecological inventory of this species and provides information in particular on the food potentials for man through the various edible caterpillars of which it is the host. Abing is a woody forest species better known for its edible caterpillar species than for its timber. It is a semi-heliophilic species endemic to the sub-guineocongol region, found in dense evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Its mode of dispersion is anemochore, its regeneration is slow and it shows and irregular phenology. The abing is host to many species of caterpillars of the family Saturniidae which are highly valued by local populations and which can be marketed. Finally, it is a species so the leaves, bark and roots have medicinal properties which are currently the subject of numerous studies. However, there are few studies relating to its ecology and especially to influence of climate on leaf phenology whose role on the production of edible caterpillars is still questionable. Moreover, the development of additional research is necessary in order to guarantee sustainable exploitation and to propose participative management methods for its resources.
Author Keywords: Abing, secondary species, Lecythidaceae, leaf phenology, seasonality.
Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2020, Pages 794–804
Ecclésiaste Marien Ambombo Onguene1, Léon Dieudonné KONO2, Marie-alain Mbarga Bindzi3, and Joseph Achille MESSI EFFA4
1 Laboratoire de Botanique-Ecologie, Département de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, B.P. 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon
2 Botanical-Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaounde 1, P O. box: 812 Yaounde, Cameroon
3 Laboratoire de Botanique-Ecologie, Département de Biologie et Physiologie Végétales, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1, B.P. 812 Yaoundé, Cameroon
4 Botanical-Ecology Laboratory, University of Yaounde 1, P O. box: 812 Yaounde, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P. Beauv.) Liben, from the pilot name Abing or Abale, is a species in the family Lecythidaceae. Nowadays, is belongs to the group of species obtained in the past as secondary and which has exploitable potential, especially for wood and non-wood forest products. The present work draws up an ethnobotanical and ecological inventory of this species and provides information in particular on the food potentials for man through the various edible caterpillars of which it is the host. Abing is a woody forest species better known for its edible caterpillar species than for its timber. It is a semi-heliophilic species endemic to the sub-guineocongol region, found in dense evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. Its mode of dispersion is anemochore, its regeneration is slow and it shows and irregular phenology. The abing is host to many species of caterpillars of the family Saturniidae which are highly valued by local populations and which can be marketed. Finally, it is a species so the leaves, bark and roots have medicinal properties which are currently the subject of numerous studies. However, there are few studies relating to its ecology and especially to influence of climate on leaf phenology whose role on the production of edible caterpillars is still questionable. Moreover, the development of additional research is necessary in order to guarantee sustainable exploitation and to propose participative management methods for its resources.
Author Keywords: Abing, secondary species, Lecythidaceae, leaf phenology, seasonality.
Abstract: (french)
Petersianthus macrocarpus (P. Beauv.) Liben, du nom pilote Abing ou Abale, est une espèce de la famille des Lecythidaceae. De nos jours, elle appartient au groupe d’essences considérées jadis comme secondaires et qui présente des potentialités d’exploitabilité, notamment pour le bois et les produits forestiers non ligneux. Le présent travail dresse un état des lieux ethnobotaniques et écologiques de cette espèce et renseigne notamment sur les potentialités alimentaires pour l’homme à travers les différentes chenilles comestibles dont elle est l’hôte. L’abing est une espèce forestière ligneuse plus connue pour ses espèces de chenilles comestibles que pour son bois d’œuvre. C’est une espèce semi-héliophile endémique de la région sub-guinéocongolaise, rencontrée en forêts denses humides sempervirentes et semi-caducifoliées. Son mode de dispersion est anémochore, sa régénération est lente et elle montre une phénologie irrégulière. L’abing est l’hôte de nombreuses espèces de chenilles de la famille des Saturniidae très prisées par les populations locales et commercialisables. Enfin, c’est une espèce donc les feuilles, l’écorce et les racines ont des vertus médicinales faisant actuellement l’objet de nombreuses études. Cependant, il existe peu d’études relatives à son écologie et surtout à l’influence du climat sur la phénologie foliaire dont le rôle sur la production des chenilles comestibles reste encore discutable. Au demeurant, le développement des recherches complémentaires s’avère nécessaire en vue de garantir une exploitation durable et de proposer des modes de gestion participative de ses ressources.
Author Keywords: Abing, essences secondaires, Lecythidaceae, phénologie foliaire, saisonnalité.
How to Cite this Article
Ecclésiaste Marien Ambombo Onguene, Léon Dieudonné KONO, Marie-alain Mbarga Bindzi, and Joseph Achille MESSI EFFA, “Preliminary study of the monograph for Petersianthus macrocarpus (P. Beauv.) Liben (Lecythidaceae), a multi-use woody species from Central Africa,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 794–804, June 2020.
