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Taishan is a county located within the Guangdong Province of China, as established by the geographical context provided in [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, the traditional knowledge and plant usage documented in Taishan are recognized as part of the broader medicinal and culinary repertoire of China, as noted in [4].
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An ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in Taishan County ... frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimOver half of the Wild Edible Plants (WEPs) in Taishan County have medicinal or dual medicinal-edible uses, often serving as ingredients for Cantonese-style herbal teas within China's traditional medicinal plant repertoire (Li, 2002; Chang et al., 2015; Yan and Ding, 2018).
measurementResearchers identified 131 wild edible plant species belonging to 59 families in Taishan County, Guangdong Province, China, which are primarily used as tea substitutes, wild vegetables, and spices.
referenceThe paper 'An ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in Taishan County, Guangdong, China' was published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems on July 10, 2025, authored by Zhang S, He C, Su L, Wang H, Lin J, and Li Y.
procedureThe study in Taishan County, Guangdong Province, China, utilized market surveys, semi-structured interviews with 162 participants, and participant observation to document traditional knowledge of wild edible plants.