Liu Chung-hsi and his student Sabu Pung did a study of the use of plant resources among the Paiwan people of Taniao Village in Taitung County. They discovered that the Paiwan not only eat millet and taro as staple foods, and wild plants as supplementary foods, they also have many medicinal plants, as well as plants specially used for worship ceremonies or for making rope, cloth, or dyes.
劉炯錫和學生潘世珍針對台東縣大鳥村排灣族利用植物資源所做的研究發現，排灣族人不但以小米、山芋為主食，野菜為副食，還會將七里香、山麻黃等植物充作食具，並有許多藥用植物，以及製作繩索、布料、染料和祭祀專用的各種植物。