抄録
The plant of H. rhamnoides L. is called by different names in different countries. For example, it is known as seabuckthorn in the United Kingdom, sanddorn in Germany, and shaji in China. These plants belong to different subspecies of oblepikha. In Japan, there is no established Japanese botanical name because there is very little history of usage. However, fruit production of oblepikha has now begun worldwide and in Japan extension orchards as initial case studies have been constructed in Rikuzentakata city (Iwate prefecture) and Sendai city (Miyagi prefecture) with the help of Tohoku University. In these orchards, oblepikha plants are now growing normally, and harvest of the fruits has just begun. Currently, many nursery plants bearing new types of fruit are growing in the research fields of Tohoku University. The nutritional values of the fruits are being analyzed and processing methods for foodstuffs are under development.
