Edible Wild Fruit Highly Consumed during Food Shortage Period in Togo： State of Knowledge and Conservation Status  

作　　者：Abalo Atato Kperkouma Wala Komlan Batawila Nieyidouba Lamien Koffi Akpagana 

机构地区：[1]Laboratoire de Botanique et Ecologie Vegetale, Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Lome, Lome B.P. 1515, Togo [2]Centre Regional de Recherches Environnementales et Agricoles （CRREA） du Centre, Koudougou B.P. 10, Burkina Faso

出　　处：《Journal of Life Sciences》2011年第12期1046-1057,共12页生命科学（英文版）

摘　　要：The aim of this work is to inventory Edible Wild Fruit Species （EWFS） highly consumed by local people during food shortage periods in Togo. Ethnobotanical surveys were carried out in four ecological zones （I, II, III ＆ IV） involving a sample of 433 persons from 29 ethnic groups. Semi-structured interview, field observation, group discussions were used to collect data. Food shortage periods were defined using the agricultural calendar of main crops in three ecological zones （I, II, ＆ III）. One hundred and one EWFS belonging to 84 genera and 39 families were inventoried. The three main types of use of the EWFS were direct consumption, condiments and medicines. Twenty among the 101 EWFS recorded were highly consumed during food shortage periods with respectively 15 EWFS in ecological I, 14 in zone 1I and 12 in ecological zone III. All edible fruits consumed during food shortage periods were fresh fruits with abundant pulp. Six fruit species were sold to bring income to local households. These species were those which benefit from conservation measures through their husbandry in agroforestry systems.

关 键 词：Ethnic group ETHNOBOTANY food crisis household USES TOGO 

分 类 号：S379.5[农业科学—农产品加工] TS202.3[农业科学—农艺学]