Ethnobotanical survey in Philippine tropical rain forest : in search of new medicinal and useful gene resources

(1997--学年)在菲律宾共和国巴拉望省巴拉望岛的下列地点进行了民族植物学调查。圣保罗地下河国家公园的克利奥帕特拉山脉环绕着克利奥帕特拉针叶，居住着塔巴努安人，这是巴拉望的一个土著部落，他们长期以来一直以各种方式利用当地植物。植物区系调查是在部落首领的指导下进行的，从热带裸子植物Agathis的出生地之一的深山森林延伸到面向南中国海的海滩森林。还通过实地调查收集了有关植物利用的信息，尽管收集的基础有限。为了对这个只能步行到达的地区进行调查，大本营建在巴布延河沿岸的雨林中。2.乌鲁干湾周围的山脉由于乌鲁干湾周围的山林植被与o…的植被有很大的不同在巴拉望有更多的热带雨林，这个地区被选为植物化的地点。这些森林的特点是不仅缺少东南亚热带雨林中常见的龙脑果和皂角树，而且树木较小(最大高度不到12米)，远远低于普通热带雨林树木。3.Aborlan及其邻近地区调查小组采访了Aborlan附近的Tagbanuan村的一名当地医疗师，以弄清所谓的“Pagdiwata”的真实情况，这是一种在Tagbanuans人中使用的传统药物，但有关当地医疗实践的信息有限。因此，在当地塔巴努社区后的热带雨林中进行了植物区系调查，以阐明腹地的植物区系与民间医药的历史发展之间的关系。对采集的植物标本进行了鉴定，其中许多已得到鉴定。(1998--学年)1.研究报告的出版汇编了前一年取得的研究成果，以便在包括菲律宾研究人员在内的所有研究参与者的密切协调下出版研究报告。研究报告包括对调查地点的植物区系和植被特征的简要描述，植物化过程中产生的已识别植物的清单，以及选定的具有植物区系兴趣的植物的照片清单。2.菲律宾合作伙伴的邀请为了将研究结果汇编为研究报告，邀请了两名菲律宾研究人员。这两位前台研究成员的参与使汇编过程顺利进行。较少

(1997-academic year)A ethnobotanical survey was undertaken at the following sites in the island of Palawan, Province of Palawan, Republic of the Philippines.1. Surrounding Cleopatra needles in St. Paul Subterranean River National ParkCleopatra mountains are inhabited by the Tagbanuans, one of the native tribes in Palawan, who have long been utilizing native plants in various ways. The floristic survey was carried out under the guidance of tribal leaders extending from deep mountain forest, where one of the tropical gymnosperms Agathis occurs, to beach forest facing South China Sea. Informations on plant utilization were also collected, though on the limited basis, through the field survey. In order to carry out the survey of this district that can be accessed only on foot, the base camp was constructed in the rain forest along the Babuyan River.2.Surrounding mountains of the Ulugan BaySince vegetation of the mountain forests surrounding the Ulugan Bay are quite different from that of o … More ther tropical rain forests in Palawan, this district was selected as the site for botanization. These forests are characterized as not only lacking dipterocarps and sapotaceous trees which are common in southeast Asian rain forests but also consisting of relatively small sized trees (maximum height is less than 12 meters), far lower than the ordinary rain forest trees. This floristic and vegetation features can be ascribed to soils containing heavy metals such as chromite.3.Aborlan and its vicinityThe survey team interviewed a local medical healer at the Tagbanuan Village near Aborlan in order to make clear the real circumstances of what is called "pagdiwata", a traditional medicine practiced among the Tagbanuans, However, only limited informations on indigenous medical practice were available. The floristic survey in rain forest behind the local Tagbanuan community is thus carried out in order to clarify how the flora of the hinterland is correlated to the historical development of folk medicine. Collected plant specimens were subjected to identification process and many of them have been identified. However, significant number of samples still remain unidentified.(1998-academic year)1. the publishing of a research reportResearch results obtainedin the previous year were compiled in order to publish a research report under the close collaoration of all research participants including Philippine researchers. A research report includes a brief description of floristic and vegetation features in sites surveyed, a list of identified plants resulting from botanization process, and a photo list of selected plants that are of floristic interest.2.invitation of Philippine partnersln order to compile research results as a research report, two Philippine researchers were invited. The participation of these two foregin research members helped make the compiling process smoothe. Less