海南鹧鸪茶的民族植物学研究

A study on ethnobotany of Mallotus Oblongifolius in Hainan

鹧鸪茶系大戟科野桐属植物,具有消炎、利胆、镇痛等多种药用功效和保健作用.它既是海南民间的一种重要药用植物,同时又是一种具有浓郁地方特色和民族特色的代茶饮料植物.文章从民族植物学的视角讨论了鹧鸪茶名称的由来、中药古籍中关于鹧鸪茶药用功效的描述以及海南鹧鸪茶的开发利用状况,指出了目前我国在鹧鸪茶的研发过程中尚存在的若干问题,并提出了相应的对策.

Mallotus oblongifolius （Miq.） Muell-Arg. is a species in euphorbiaceae, which is distributed in Hainan and the southern part of Guangdong Province of China as well as in a few countries of Southeast Asia. With strong locality and nationality properties, M. oblongifolius has been used for preparing a tea substitute drink; and it is also used as an important folk medicine in Hainan. This paper, from the perspective of ethnobotany, attempted to deal with the origin of the local name, ＂Zhe-Gu-Cha＂, of M. oblongifolius and with the description on the medical function of M. oblongifolius in ancient traditional Chinese medicine books. The authors introduced the research and development situation of M. oblongifolius in Hainan, pointed out several problems in the progress of its research and development and put forward some relevant countermeasures.