부산대학교 도서관

Culinary Knowledge and Socio-cultural Identity: Case Study of the Use of Cissus populnea Guill. &Perr., the Okra of the Bobo Ethnic Group in Burkina Faso. Among plants, wild food-gathering vegetable species occupy an important place for the african populations. This is the case of Cissus populnea for the Bobo community, which plays an important role in the culinary art of Bobo population who nicknamed it '' okra '' of the Bobos. This study aims to document the knowledge and the know-how of the Bobo population regarding this socio-culturally important plant. Ethnobotanical surveys were carried out in three villages of the Bobo community integrated nowadays the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in order to know the culinary and the medicinal uses of the species within this community. Ninety percent of the women know at least a culinary use of a C. populnea organ. Fruits and leaves are used in various forms such as condiments. In addition, the same organs can also be used in traditional medicine to heal many common diseases. C. populnea appears to be a true symbol of the Bobo community.