Katz Esther auteur aut IRD Lopez C. L. auteur aut IRD Fleury M. auteur aut IRD Miller R. P. auteur aut IRD Paye V. auteur aut IRD Dias T. auteur aut IRD Silva F. auteur aut IRD Oliveira Z. auteur aut IRD Moreira E. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access The consumption of greens is reported as being very minor among Amazonian Indians. The authors of this article present a new review of this subject, based on fieldwork with Amerindians and other populations in different parts of the Brazilian Amazon and French Guiana. Written sources on Brazilian, Peruvian, Columbian and Venezuelan Amazon were also reviewed. The consumption of cultivated, semi-cultivated and wild species of greens was taken into account here, as the data specific to wild greens is very scarce. It is confirmed that greens are not commonly eaten among native Amazonians and that some ethnic groups do not consume them at all. The consumed species are usually young shoots of weeds or cassava leaves. Common in the Belem region are some specific aromatic plants, which have been diffused to other parts of the Amazon, together with introduced plants such as kale and coriander. Migrants from Northeastern Brazil settled in the Amazon consume some cultivated greens, especially aromatic plants. Maroons are the ones who use more greens in their diet. Native Amazonian people, who supplement agriculture with game and fish, follow a hunter-gatherer pattern, preferring wild fruit and tubers to greens. specialized Amazon greens herbs wild foods weeds ethnobotany AMAZONIE BRESIL PEROU COLOMBIE VENEZUELA GUYANE FRANCAISE 076 056 106 81 4 283-293 2012 0001-6977 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058822 10.5586/asbp.2012.048 0001-6977 [F B010058822] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058822 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2013/01/010058822.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2013-02-06 2025-11-04 fdi:010058822 fre