Nobre de Carvalho, Teresa2025-01-312025-01-312024-121132-8312PURE: 108349423PURE UUID: 53907493-f1f2-442b-a617-f95f343cdb68ORCID: /0000-0002-5294-4068/work/177108837Scopus: 85212472594WOS: 001381292900006http://hdl.handle.net/10362/178242UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020Since the end of the 15th century, Europe had been receiving promising news about the peoples, riches, and geographical contours of faraway Insulinde. Some Europeans who traveled to Goa observed local customs and traditions in which women emerged as protagonists. A daily presence in Portuguese-Goan society, indigenous women, in addition to safeguarding Indian traditions, were faithful guardians of secrets about the food and healing uses of the local flora. Aware of the wealth of knowledge they possessed, Garcia de Orta (c. 1500-1568) did not fail to include their presence in Colóquios dos Simples. Turning each scene described as a representation of his experience in Goa, he recorded in his dialogues the local uses of Indian vegetables and fruits, witnessed, and transmitted by the maids, « compradeiras » or cooks. This essay analyzes the presence of each female character included in Colóquios dos Simples, a work that the Portuguese doctor published in 1563, in Goa.16426683porColóquios dos SimplesTradições locaisBotânica asiáticaGoaSéculo XVIjournal article10.5209/rcha.95577https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RCHA/article/view/95577