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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: February 5, 2017
Caption: A nearby marker describing natural products from the area.
Additional Description:
Luna I Productos no maderables
Los informantes que aportaron sus conocimientos para la identificación y usos de las plantas son trabajadores de la zona arqueológica y habitantes de las comunidades vecinas. Entre ellos existe un rico acervo y manejo en el uso de las plantas de origen silvestre: medicinal, comestible, doméstico, combustible, constructivo, tóxico, forrajero, artesanal y ceremonial.

Cortezas son tintes y taninos empleados para teñir en la industria textil y curtiduría desde tiempos ancestrales.

Tallos: cauchos, látex o resinas que sirven para tratar la madera contra diversos insectos. Se utilizan también como pegamento y barniz, son aislantes e impermeabilizantes.

Madera: excelentes por ser maleables y duraderas, muy apreciadas por los artesanos.

Follajes: con ellos se hacen techos, cercas, sombreros, gabanes contra la lluvia, canastos y escobas.

Flores: sus frutos contienen aceites o taninos de valor industrial. Tanto el polen y nectar son muy apreciados por los apicultores.

Pie de dibujos:
Palo santo
Limoncillo
Vegetación nativa hogar de insectos benéficas como la Mosca tachinidae

English:
Moon I Products without timber
The informants who shared their knowledge identifying the plants and their uses are employees of the archaeological site and live in neighboring communities. They have shared part of a rich cultural tradition and a great amount of knowledge regarding these wild plants and their uses: medicinal, edible, domestic, as fuel, for construction, for their toxicity, as fodder, for crafts and ceremonial purposes.

Barks: dyes and tannins used in the textile and tanning industries since ancestral times.

Stems: rubbers, latex and resins used for treating wood against various insects. They are also used as glue and varnish and for insulating and waterproofing.

Foliage: used in roofing, fences, hats, raincoats, baskets and brooms.

Flowers: the fruits contain oils or tannins with industrial value. Both pollen and nectar are greatly appreciated by beekeepers.

Captions:
Corky Diphysa
Lemon grass
The native vegetation is home to beneficial insects such as the tachinidae
Submitted: June 6, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p384835
File Size: 2.459 Megabytes

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