Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42452292›Full record

ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

The Consumption of Edible Leaves by Afro-Descendants in French Guiana and Suriname: An Overview of a Constantly Evolving Ethno-Culinary Practice.

Marc-Alexandre Tareau, Alexander M Greene, Clarisse Ansoe-Tareau, Nicholaas Pinas, Michael Rapinski

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marc-Alexandre TareauInstitut Santé des Populations d'Amazonie, UA 17 Laboratory, CHU de Guyane, 97300 Cayenne, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1357-4287
Alexander M GreeneLEEISA, UAR 3456, 97300 Cayenne, France.ORCID 0000-0003-4164-1579
Clarisse Ansoe-TareauMELISSE NGO, 97300 Cayenne, France.
Nicholaas PinasNaturalis Biodiversity Center, 2333 Leiden, The Netherlands.
Michael RapinskiLEEISA, UAR 3456, 97300 Cayenne, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7161-9594

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper explores the culinary and cultural significance of cooked leafy vegetables among Afro-descendant communities in French Guiana and Suriname, including French Guianese and Surinamese Creoles, Maroons, and Haitian migrants. While leafy greens play a major dietary role across sub-Saharan Africa, their consumption in the Americas remains understudied. This ethnobotanical study of edible leafy plants is based on surveys of local markets, gardens and residents. Drawing on 26 informal interviews conducted in four local languages (French, French Guianese Creole, Haitian Creole, and Nengee Tongo), we describe 36 species of edible leaves from 20 plant families consumed in the region. Our findings show that although the practice of eating leafy greens is widely shared, the species selected, their names, and their perceived properties vary noticeably across cultural groups. Some plants are eaten exclusively by Maroons (e.g.,

Indexed as

callalooethnobotanyfood heritagefood systemsGuiana Shieldinterculturalityleafy greensunseen foods

Identifiers

PMID42452292
PMCPMC13363756

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.