(1) conduct a comprehensive ethnobotanical investigation of the WEPs among the Zhuang people in the region; (2) evaluate the cultural food significance index (CFSI) for the local communities; (3) summarize the cultural characteristics of the wild edible plants consumed, providing scientific support...
For the food biodiversity of the Pampa to be consolidated as a part of production chains of sociobiodiversity, it is necessary to improve knowledge about food plants from the biome and support the multiplicity of their uses through innovation processes....
The Ankang black shales in P. R. of China provides an important example of natural geological materials containing toxic elements. This paper presents the results of environmental geochemical research on black shales, soils, waters and edible plants in the Ankang area, Shaanxi Province, P. R. ...
Wild edible plants (WEPs) are usually considered to constitute all plant resources that are neither cultivated nor domesticated but are used as nutritional supplements by local people. WEPs play a vital role in ensuring food and livelihood security for countless families and communities around the ...
In this study, we use nation-wide forest vegetation and tree stand data consisting of a total of 1,778 sample plots to quantify the richness and abundance of edible wild plants in Finnish forests. Responses of edible species richness, abundance, and composition to stand characteristics such as ...
Phenolic compounds profile and main nutrients parameters of two underestimated non-conventional edible plants: Pereskia aculeata Mill. (ora-pro-nóbis) and Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.) Moldenke (tarumã) fruits Rodrigo Hoff, Heitor Daguer, Carolina Turnes Pasini Deolindo, Ana Paula Zapelini de Melo...
Plant Diversity and Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Ankober District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia This research aimed at providing documentation and analysis of plant diversity in Dense Forestalong with the ethnobotanical knowledge associated with the medicinal plants used by...
It should come as no surprise that there are a wide array of edible plants out in the wild, because that’s where domesticated crops originally came from. But, finding foliage you can eat isn’t as simple as walking over to the nearest bush and picking some berries. Just as there’s ...
How to Grow Edibles in Containers: Good Produce from Small Spaces Fionna grows a huge range of plants on her apartment balcony and writes candidly about which ones crop well, and which don't, and also introduces more unusual varieties, such as water chestnut, ginger and tatsoi. With over ...
In turn, CS produced films with lower water vapor permeability (WVP, 50.12-51.74 vs. 56.52-59.10 g mm m−2 d−1 kPa−1). The hydrothermally-disrupted starch granules contributed to high roughness and opacity of the CS films. The FE-supplemented films exhibited an intensive yellow color...