In other cases, palms are added as a support to other powerful ingredients, for example palm oil used as a medium to blend and make coherent the healing mixture. In some rituals, palms play a central role as sacred objects, for example the seeds accompany oracles and palm leaves are used in offerings. petersiana, Phoenix reclinata, Raphia farinifera, R. pinnatifrons, Elaeis guineensis, Hyphaene coriacea, H. At least 12 palm species in sub-Saharan Africa are involved in various ritual practices: Borassus aethiopum, Cocos nucifera, Dypsis canaliculata, D. We studied over 200 publications on uses of African palms and found information about ritual uses in 26 of them. This work reviews ritual uses of palms within African ethnomedicine. It is, however, a challenge to find detailed information on the ritual use of palms, which are an inextricable part of African medicinal and spiritual systems. Palms (Arecaceae) are prominent elements in African traditional medicines.
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