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1990 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of Plant and Animal Utilization in the Tropical Africa and Making of a Data-Base.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 62400002
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 広領域
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Jiro  Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ., Professor, アフリカ地域研究センター, 教授 (30027495)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIGETA Masayoshi  Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ., Assistant Professor, アフリカ地域研究センター, 助手 (80215962)
OHTA Itaru  Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ., Associate Professor, アフリカ地域研究センター, 助教授 (60191938)
ARAKI Shigeru  Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ., Associate Professor, アフリカ地域研究センター, 助教授 (00158734)
ICHIKAWA Mitsuo  Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Univ., Associate Professor, アフリカ地域研究センター, 助教授 (50115789)
ITANI Jun'ichiro  Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Kobe Gakuin Univ., Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (10025257)
Project Period (FY) 1987 – 1990
KeywordsAfrica / Ethnobotany / Ethnozoology / Nomenclature / Plant Utilization / Animal Utilization / Data-base / デ-タベ-ス
Research Abstract

The first purpose of this study is to compile the information on the traditional use of plants and animals in Africa, and to make a data-base of the plant and animal utilizations. Based on this data-base, it also aims at carrying out comparative studies in ethnobotany and ethnozoology in order to clarify the characteristics in resource utilization pattern of various ethnic groups in various parts of tropical Africa. The data-base has been constructed at the Documentation Center of Kyoto University, and more than 9,000 records have been compiled so far. It will shortly be opened to the researchers at other institutions for academic use.
The information on the plant use is particularly emphasized in this study. It is shown that African peoples have surprisingly rich knowledge of the wild plants, classifying, naming and using them according to their own traditional system of classification, nomenclature and utilization. Many species are actually used in a diversity of ways as food, medicine, materials for ornaments, instruments and construction, etc., which suggests a diverse potential of African plant resources.
A brief comparison in plant use is made between the hunter-gatherers and cultivators who live in a similar environment of the tropical rain forest in central Africa. It is found that, much more species are used for food by hunter-gatherers than by cultivators, whereas the latter use many medicinal plants in a more elaborate way. The inventory of species used for each purpose also differ from each other. These facts again demonstrate a great potential of African plant world.
Finally, continuous efforts will be indispensable to the maintenance and improvement of this database, since new data are being collected in Africa almost day by day.

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All Publications (69 results)

  • [Publications] 市川 光雄: "Traditional Use of tropical rain forest by the Mbuti hunterーgatheres" Recent Advances in Primatology(東大出版会).

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  • [Publications] 市川 光雄: "ザンビア・バングウェウルスワンプにおける漁〓活動" 大塚柳太郎編 「資源への文化適応」 (福武書店).

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  • [Publications] 市川 光雄: "森の民の生きる道" 掛谷誠編 「生存の自然認識」 (福武書店).

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  • [Publications] 寺嶋 秀明: "Ethnobotanical survey of the Lega in the tropical rain forest of Eastern Zaire:Part 1(Mwenga)" African Study Monographs Suppl.Issue. 15. 1-61 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 寺嶋 秀明: "Ethnobotanical survey of the Lega in the tropical rain forest of Eastern Zaire:part 2" African Study Monographs Suppl.Issue.

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  • [Publications] 寺嶋 秀明: "森と村と峰蜜と" 田中・掛谷編 「ヒトの自然誌」 (平凡社). 465-486 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 重田 眞義: "ヒト ー植物関係論序章" 松井健編 「過程としてのドメスティケイション」(どうぶつ社).

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  • [Publications] 重田 眞義: "品種の創出と多様性の維持をめぐるヒトー植物関係" 福井勝義編 「自然との共生」 (福武書店).

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  • [Publications] 重田 眞義: "エチオピア西南部におけるエンセ-テの品種保存" 田中・掛谷編 「ヒトの自然誌」 (平凡社). 213-232 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 太田 至: "トゥルカナの家畜をめぐる病気観" 田中・掛谷編 「ヒトの自然誌」 (平凡社). 295-322 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 太田 至: "ヤギ放牧群の内的統合と母子関係再考" 福井勝義編 「自然との共生」 (福武書店).

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  • [Publications] 荒木 茂: "アフリカ・サバンナ植生下における土壌と農業" 熱帯農集報. 67. 14-25 (1990)

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  • [Publications] 小山 直樹: "マダガスカルの原猿類社会" 西田・伊沢・加納編 「サルの文化誌」 (平凡誌). 33-56 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 小山 直樹: "マダガスカル・ベレンティにおけるワオキツネザルの社会変動" アフリカ研究. 38. (1991)

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  • [Publications] 田中 二郎: "変貌するアフリカト狩猟採集民" 田中・掛谷編 「ヒトの自然誌」 (平凡社). 595-606 (1991)

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  • [Publications] 太田 至: "Livestock individual identification among the turkana:The animal classificationandnaming in the pastoral livestock management" African Study Monographs. 8(1). 1-69 (1987)

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  • [Publications] 市川 光雄: "A preliminary report on the ethnobotany of the Suiei Dorobo in northern Kenya" African Sudy Monographs Suppl.Issue. 7. 1-52 (1987)

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  • [Publications] 川那部 浩哉: "Niche problem in mutualism" Physiology and Exology,Japan. 24. 75-85 (1987)

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  • [Publications] 寺嶋 秀明: "Wild plant utilization of the Efe and Balese of the Ituri forest,the Republic of Zaire" African Study Monographs Suppl.Issue. 8. 1-78 (1988)

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  • [Publications] The AFLORA and AFAUNA Committee: "Introduction to Aflora:An onーline database for plant utilization information of Africa" African Study Monographs. 9(1). 55-64 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 伊谷 純一郎: "子供たちと鳥の世界ー遊牧民トゥルカナの調査からー" 岩波講座:教育の方法(岩波書店). 353-374 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 太田 至: "人間と生業対象のかかわり方の意味" 季刊人類学. 19. 17-25 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 小山 直樹: "Mating behavior of ringーtailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty,Madagascar" Primates. 29. 163-175 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 重田 眞義: "ヒトー植物関係の実相ーーエチオピア西南部オモ系 農耕民アリのエンセ-テ栽培と利用" 季刊人類学. 19. 191-281 (1988)

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  • [Publications] 太田 至: "A classified vocabulary of the Turkana in northwestern Kenya" African Study Monogrphs Suppl.Issue. 10. 1-104 (1989)

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  • [Publications] 安渓 遊地: "Folk Knowledge of fish among the Songola and Bwari:Comparative ethnoichthyology of Lualaba River and Lake Tanganyika fishermen" Ajrican Study Monographs Suppl.Issue. 9. 1-88 (1989)

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  • [Publications] 高村 泰雄: "Growth response of rice to brought I.Variental difference in grwth rate,nitrogen uptake and tillering habitat at vegetative stage" Japanese Journal of Crop Science. 58(4). 740-747 (1989)

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  • [Publications] 大東 肇: "3ーHydroxyuridine,an allelopathic factor of an African tree,Baillonella toxisperma" Phytochemistry. 28(5). 1365-1368 (1989)

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  • [Publications] 伊谷 純一郎: "Safari survey of the vegetationandthe chimpanzee groups in the northern half of the Mahale Mountains" In (T.Nishida,ed.) The Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains:Sexual and Life History Strategies.Tokyo University Press,Tokyo. 293-317 (1990)

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  • [Publications] 重田 眞義: "Folk inーsitu conservation of ensete (Ensete ventricosum 〔Welw.〕 E.E.Cheesman):Toward the interpretation of indigenous agricultural science Ari,southwestern Ethiopia" African Study Monographs. 10(3). 93-107 (1990)

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  • [Publications] 田中 二郎: "アフリカ狩猟民の動物的世界" 民族文化の世界(上) 儀礼と伝承の民族誌 (小学館). 478-507 (1990)

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  • [Publications] 安渓 貴子: "Cookbook of Songola:An anthropological study on the technology of food preparation among a Bantuーspeaking peple of the Zaire forest" African Study Monographs Suppl.Issue. 13. 1-174 (1990)

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  • [Publications] AFRORA COMMITTEE (ed.): "Useful Plants in African Rain Forest" Center for African Area Srudies Kyoto University,

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  • [Publications] 高村 泰雄 (編): "アフリカ農業の問題点" 京大出版会,

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  • [Publications] 米山 俊直: "アフリカ農耕民の世界観" 弘文堂,

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  • [Publications] 伊谷 純一郎: "自然の滋悲" 平凡社,

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  • [Publications] Ohta, Itaru: "Livestock individual identification among the Turkana : The animal classification and naming in the pastoral livestock management." African Study Monographs. 8(1). 1-69 (1987)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ichikawa, Mitsuo: "A preliminary report on the ethnobotany of the Suiei Dorobo in northern Kenya." African Study Monographs. Suppl. Issue, 7. 1-52 (1987)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Kawanabe, Hiroya: "Niche problem in mutualism." Physiology and Ecology, Japan. 24. 75-85 (1987)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Terashima, Hideaki: "Wild plant utilization of the Efe and Balese of the Ituri forest, the Republic of Zaire." African Study Monographs. Suppl. Issue, 8. 1-78 (1988)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] The AFLORA and AFAUNA Committee: "Introduction to Aflora : An on-line database for plant utilization information of Africa." African Study Monographs. 9(1). 55-64 (1988)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Itani, Jun'ichiro: "Children and birds of the Turkana (in Japanese)." Iwanami Kohza : Kyoiku No Houhou. Iwanami, Tokyo. 353-374 (1988)

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  • [Publications] Ohta, Itaru: "The consequence of relationship between men and subject of subsistence activities (in Japanese)." Kikan Jinruigaku. 19. 17-25 (1988)

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  • [Publications] Koyama, Naoki: "Mating behavior of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) at Berenty, Madagascar." Primates. 29. 163-175 (1988)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Shigeta, Masayoshi.: "The relationship between men and plants : Cultivation and use of ensete by the Ari in soughwestern Ethiopia (in Japanese)." Kikan Jinruigaku. 19. 191-281 (1988)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ohta, Itaru: "A classified vocabulary of the Turkana in northwestern Kenya." African Study Monographs. Suppl. Issue, 10. 1-104 (1989)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ankei, Yuji: "Folk Knowledge of fish among the Songola and Bwari : Comparative ethnoichthyology of Lualaba River and Lake Tanganyika fishermen." African Study Monographs. Suppl. Issue, 9. 1-88 (1989)

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  • [Publications] Takamura, Yasuo: "Growth response of rice to drought I. Variental difference in growth rate, nitrogen uptake and tillering habitat at vegetative stage." Japanese Journal of Crop Science. 58(4). 740-747 (1989)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Ohigashi, Hajime: "3-Hydroxyuridine, an allelopathic factor of an African tree, Baillonella toxisperma." Phytochemistry. 28(5). 1365-1368 (1989)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Itani, Jun'ichiro: "Safari survey of the vegetation and the chimpanzee groups in the northern half of the Mahale mountains." Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains. Tokyo University Press, Tokyo. 293-317 (1990)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Shigeta, Masayosi: "Folk in-situ conservation of ensete Ensete ventricosum [Welw. ] E. E. Cheesman) : Toward the interpretation of indigenous agricultural science of the Ari, southwestern Ethiopia." African Study Monographs. 10(3). 93-107 (1990)

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      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Publications] Tanaka, Jiro: "Animal world of African hunters (in Japanese)." Minzoku Bunka No Sekai. Shougakkan, Tokyo. 478-507 (1990)

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  • [Publications] Araki, Shigeru: "Soil and Agriculture in African savanna (in Japanese)." Nettai Nouken Shuuhou. 67. 14-25 (1990)

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  • [Publications] Ankei, Takako: "Cookbook of the Songola : An anthropological study on the technology of food preparation among a Bantu-speaking" African Study Monographs. Suppl. Issue 13. 1-174 (1990)

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  • [Publications] Terashima, Hideaki: "Forest, village life, and honey (in Japanese)." Hito No Shizenshi. Heibonsha, Tokyo. 465-486 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Shigeta, Masayosi: "Race conservation of ensete in southwestern Ethiopia (in Japanese)." Hito No Shizenshi. Heibonsha, Tokyo. 213-232 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Ohta, Itaru: "Turkana's view of livestock diseases (in Japanese)." Hito No Shizenshi. Heibonsha, Tokyo. 295-322 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Koyama, Naoki: "Prosimian societies in Madagascar (in Japanese)." Saru No Bunkashi. Heibonsha, Tokyo. 33-56 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Terashima, Hideaki: "Ethnobotany of the Lega in the tropical rain forest of eastern Zaire : Part 1, Zone de Mwenga." African Study Monographs. Suppl. Issue, 15. 1-61 (1991)

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  • [Publications] Ichikawa, Mitsuo.: "Traditional use of tropical rain forest by the Mbuti hunter-gatherers." International Congress of Primatological Society. June, 1990. Nagoya (1990)

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  • [Publications] Yoneyama, Toshinao: Koubundo. Afurika Noukoumin No Sekaikan (in Japanese), 304 (1990)

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  • [Publications] Itani, Jun'ichiro: Heibonsha. Shizen No Jihi (in Japanese), 286 (1990)

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  • [Publications] Shigeta, Masayoshi: Katei To Shiteno Domestication. Introduction to the study of man-plant relationships (in Japanese).,

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  • [Publications] Shigeta, Masayoshi: Shizen Tono Kyousei. Man-plant relationship in the creation and maintenance of diversities of plant races (in Japanese)., (Fuku)

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  • [Publications] Ichikawa, Mitsuo: Shigen Heno Bunkatekiou. Fishing activities in the Bangweulu Swamp in Zambia (in Japanese)., (Fuku)

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  • [Publications] Ichikawa, Mitsuo.: Seizon No Shizen Ninshiki. Survival of forest peoples (in Japanese)., (Fuku)

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  • [Publications] Takamura, Yasuo (ed.): Afurika Nougyou No Mondaiten (in Japanese)., (Kyot)

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  • [Publications] Koyama, Naoki.: Afurika Kenkyuu, 38. Social dynamics of ring-tailed lemurs in Madagascar (in Japanese).,

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  • [Publications] Ohta, Itaru.: Shizen Tono Kyousei. Rethinking mother-kid relationships and internal cohesiveness of goat herds (in Japanese)., (Fuku)

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