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Division： Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands
Main Research ：Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
Project Title：Origin, distribution, dispersal and usage of tropical crops
Research Theme：
- Ethnobotany of genus Capsicum (especially C. frutescens)
- Plants used in traditional alchole producing process (koji etc.)
- Domestication
References：
- Yamamoto, S., and Nawata, E. 2005. Capsicum frutescens L. in Southeast and East Asia, and its dispersal routes into Japan. Economic Botany. 59: 18-28.
- Yamamoto, S., and Nawata, E. 2009. Use of Capsicum frutescens L. by the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the Batanes Islands. Economic Botany. 63: 43-59.