Ingredientes de A a Z

In everyday language, we refer to plants by their common names. These names can vary from one region to another or apply to very different plants. One example of this is lavender: we say "fine lavender" or "true lavender" for Lavandula angustifolia, "spike lavender" for Lavandula latifolia, and "Spanish lavender" or "French lavender" for Lavandula stoechas… It is therefore important to identify a botanical species by its Latin name, its geographic origin, its distinct morphological characteristics, its olfactory signature, etc.
This glossary details a collection of approximately 150 plants used in the L'OCCITANE formulas, and was written with Laurence Chaber and Pierre Lieutaghi from the "Association EPI*".
Carole Delord Chabas and Alain Baussan painted the watercolors that illustrate the botanist's glossary.
L’OCCITANE has personalized this glossary by including information about the traditional uses of these plants – the inspiration behind many of the L'OCCITANE True Stories.
*Association EPI:
Association Études Populaires et Initiatives (Association for Popular Studies and Initiatives)
B.P. 19 / F- 04300 MANE / Alpes de Haute-Provence

E-mail: epi.ethnobotanique@orange.fr
Website: www.nature-interactive.org/epi

The EPI produced a CD-ROM about the people and plants of Haute Provence ("Des gens et des plantes en Haute-Provence"), with support from the L'OCCITANE Foundation. It is available by accessing the following link: www.nature-interactive.org/epi.