Diversity and selection of wild food plants in six regions of Northwestern Iber...

• Author(s): Pardo de Santayana, Manuel ; Tardío, Javier ; Carvalho, Ana Maria ; San Miguel, Elia ; Blanco, Emilio ; Morales, Ramón
• Date: 2005
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/4310
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Portuguese ethnobotany; Etnobotânica portuguesa; Iberian ethnobotany; Wild edible plants; TEK
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Resumo publicado de comunicação oral apresentada no painel Ethnobotanical Studies of Wild Plant Foods do IVth International Congress of Ethnobotany We discuss and compare the traditional knowledge and use of wild edible plants in six rural regions of the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The data indicate that a high percentage of species are used in most regions (15 species are used in 5 regions). According to the similarity of the species gathered, the six regions can be grouped in two clusters. Therefore, affinity seems to be linked to closeness. The Portuguese region is the most dissimilar due to a very high number and frequency of wild condiments.