ANZEM ROUGE

1-Identification

French name: L'ANZEM ROUGE

Scientific name: Copaifera religiosa

Family: Caesalpine

Active ingredients: Tannins, essential oils, petrol, etc.

Parts used: Bark, leaves, roots, resins.

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Habitat:

It's without disputed, one of the most magnificent trees of the gabonese forest. Large, straight and cylindrical, its brick-colored trunk stands out from the surrounding green. Its crown, rounded with a parasol, caps the other trees and gives it an alpine port. In the Gabonese tradition, he is the king of trees: magical tree, fetish tree, mysterious and revered. Its bark, with healing properties, gives off an almond odor as well as the sticky resin present in the sapwood, heart and fruits.

Vernacular names:

:—Dioula, Bambara, Malinké, Sénoufo, Dogon:

—, Bwa, Bobo-fing, Balante, Badiaranké

—Dioula, Bété, Baoulé, Attié, Agni, Abbey:

—Wolf, Peuhl, , Floup, Foula:

— Minyanka , Mancagne, manding, Mandjaque, Moor:

—Doubt, Niominka, None:

—Bassari, Baynouk, Bayotte:

—Safèn, Sérère, Socé, Sarakolé, Susu:

—All color, Tandaneous:

—Portuguese Creole:

—Goun, Fon:

—Yorouba, Nago:

—Myna, Waci, Adja, Kotafon, Saxwè, :

— Bariba, Ditammari, dendi, Waama, Yom,

— Local names in GABON: myenaeum, nkomi = olumi galoa = otombi mitsogo, simba = motombi nzebi = mutombo sangu, viLi = mutombi punu = murèdji mutèlè = aduma esbira = muréi fang = andzèm, andèm benga = indèmba ngowé = muluma

2-Properties

Useful in the initiatory rites of the different sects because of its hallucinogenic effects. A well-flavored decoction of mint or basil is eaten in a small amount to put the subject in a second condition. The resin also serves as perfume and torches during ceremonies from which this tree gets its great reputation by taking all its mystical dimension. Rites of the Bwiti, homage sessions to ancestors, ceremonies to attract luck with people or during hunting episodes, rites related to twins, give the tree itself, as well as its bark and resin, the opportunity to participate fully.