The Utilization of Wild Food Plants by the Suiei Dorobo in Northern Kenya

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The traditional utilization of wild food plants by the Suiei Dorobo of the Mathew's Range, northern Kenya, is described and analyzed in relation to the vegetation.(1) The vegetation of the Mathew's Range is described as being characterized by medium and drier types of montane forest and Mimosoideae savanna.(2) One hundred and twenty-two food plant species of the Suiei Dorobo are listed and graded into 1) major food, 2) important food and 3) complementary food, according to the relative importance in the traditional diet. Seasonal changes of ten major foods are also shown.(3) The food plants are classified into 1) forest type, 2) savanna type and 3) common type, in order to evaluate the vegetation from the viewpoint of food availability. It is concluded that the savanna is richer than the forest in the availability of the plant foods and game.(4) A comparison of vegetable foods of African hunter-gatherers is made by employing ITANI's classification (1974a) of African hunter-gatherers and vegetation types. The result is that the major vegetable foods of African hunter-gatherers roughly correspond to the vegetation types.
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