Ethnobotanical Study of Genus Capsicum in Indonesia

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24710290
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO Sota 鹿児島大学, 国際島嶼教育研究センター, 准教授 (20528989)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: インドネシア / トウガラシ属 / Capsicum pubescens / Capsicum chinense / 伝播 / 分布 / 民族植物学 / 遺伝資源

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The distribution of Capsicum pubescens and C. chinense in Southeast Asia remains unknown. Literature, specimen, field, and market surveys of two species above were conducted in Indonesia to investigate their introduction into Indonesia and to reveal their present distribution. Four species of the genus Capsicum (including C. annuum, C. frutescens, C. chinense and C. pubescens) have probably been in Indonesia since before World War II. This suggests that Indonesia has more genetic resources and much more potential to breed species of Capsicum compared to other countries in Southeast Asia. Bandung and the surrounding highlands in West Java and the Dieng Plateau in Central Java are considered the center for C. pubescens cultivation and distribution on Java Island. Capsicum chinense is distributed widely on at least the three major islands of Java, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi with several morphologically different fruit types; it is used as an ornamental plant as well as a spice.

Free Research Field

民族植物学　栽培植物起源学　熱帯農業生態学