Etnobotánica de la camarina (Corema album, Empetraceae) en Cádiz. Ethnobotany of Corema album (Empetraceae) in Cadiz
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https://doi.org/10.24310/abm.v36i1.2784Abstract
Español. La especie Corema album se encuentra en el litoral oeste de la Península Ibérica, desde Camariñas (La Coruña) hasta Punta Camarinal (Cádiz), donde ha sufrido un considerable retroceso, como otros muchos taxones de distribución costera. A lo largo del área en la cual aparece se ha usado en ceremonias religiosas, al igual que se aprovechaban sus frutos comestibles, los cuales llegaron a ser un producto más en algunos mercados de ciudades gallegas y portuguesas. En cambio, no estaba constatado el uso de tal especie en la región andaluza, que es el principal objetivo de este trabajo. Por medio de encuestas a los habitantes de Barbate (Cádiz) se demuestra que los frutos de C. album se usaron y comercializaron en este pueblo hasta finales de los años cincuenta, cuando desbroces por parte de los gestores de la zona para favorecer las plantaciones de pino disminuyeron la producción de frutos de este arbusto en los años siguientes. De forma conjunta se produjo en la zona un alzamiento económico, que permitiría la aparición de puestos de trabajo con más beneficios que la venta de frutos de la camarina, lo cual hizo que su el uso de tal especie en la zona desapareciera hasta nuestros días.
english. Corema album is an endemic species from the west coastline of the Iberian Peninsula, from Camariñas (La Coruña) to Punta Camarinal (Cádiz). This plant has suffered an intense deterioration in the last few decades. This bush has been used in some religious ceremonies along its natural distribution, and its fruit has been eaten in some towns in Galicia and Portugal. The key objective in this study is analyze whether this fruit was used or not in Andalucía, since this fact is not know yet. By interviewing the inhabitants of Barbate (Cádiz) we have been found that the fruit of Corema album were eaten and sold in this village until the end of the fifties, when consecutive cleanings of the vegetation against bushes joined with a better economic situation caused the end of this activity.
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