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wild plants
Also known as: wild plant species, wild plant, wild plant foods
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Ethnobotanical and Food Composition Monographs of Selected ... ouci.dntb.gov.ua 7 facts
referenceZeghichi S, Kallithraka S, Simopoulos AP, and Kipriotakis Z published a 2003 study titled 'Nutritional composition of selected wild plants in the diet of Crete' in the book 'Plants in human health and nutrition policy', which examines the nutritional content of wild plants consumed in Crete.
referenceAlves Ribeiro, Monteiro, and Fonseca da Silva (2000) published 'Etnobotânica. Plantas bravias, comestíveis, condimentares e medicinais', a work covering wild, edible, condiment, and medicinal plants.
referenceLaghetti (2009) studied the microevolution of Scolymus hispanicus L. in south Italy, noting the transition from gathering wild plants to attempts at cultivation.
referenceYildrim E, Dursuna A, and Turan M published a 2001 study in the Turkish Journal of Botany titled 'Determination of the nutrition contents of the wild plants used as vegetables in Upper Çoruh Valley', which analyzes the nutritional profiles of wild edible plants in that region.
referenceA. Di Tizio, Ł.J. Łuczaj, C.L. Quave, S. Redžić, and A. Pieroni published 'Traditional food and herbal uses of wild plants in the ancient South-Slavic diaspora of Mundimitar/Montemitro (Southern Italy)' in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine in 2012.
referenceGuenaoui C, Mang S, Figliuolo G, and Neffati M analyzed the diversity of Allium ampeloprasum, covering its transition from wild to cultivated forms, in a 2013 study.
referenceBatal and Hunter (2007) investigated whether traditional Lebanese recipes based on wild plants serve as an answer to diet simplification in a study published in the Food and Nutrition Bulletin.
Assessment of the nutritional value of a wild edible plant Scorzonera ... discovery.researcher.life Dec 1, 2025 6 facts
claimThe study identified 58 wild plants reported for the first time as food in Yemen.
referenceA. A. Yunatov's 'Fodder Plants of Pastures and Hayfields of the People's Republic of Mongolia' contains information on morphological characteristics, distribution, habitat, phenology, palatability, nutrition, local names, folk understanding, and cultural meanings of wild plants collected through interviews.
measurementThe primary threats to wild plants in Mieso District, Ethiopia, are deforestation (54%), drought (22%), and agricultural expansion (12%).
claimIn Manang, a remote district within the Annapurna Conservation Area in Nepal, local people gather wild plants to meet daily nutritional needs and for trade.
measurementThe most widely used edible parts of wild plants in southern Yemen are the stem, leaf, and fruit, with more than 17 species utilized for each part.
claimThe most widely used edible parts of wild plants in Daqinggou are fruits, leaves, and other aerial parts, which are consumed either raw or cooked.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in the mountainous ... link.springer.com Oct 4, 2024 2 facts
referenceGras A, Garnatje T, Marín J, Parada M, Sala E, Talavera M, et al. published 'The power of wild plants in feeding humanity: a meta-analytic ethnobotanical approach in the catalan linguistic area' in Foods in 2020.
claimMany wild plant species and fungi are currently declining, with some facing a risk of extinction.
Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants and Their Indigenous ... scirp.org 2 facts
measurementThe edible parts of wild plants in the study area include fruits, tubers, young stems, flower nectar, whole parts, gum, leaves, and seeds, with fruits being the most commonly used part (18 species, 54.5%), followed by gum (4 species, 12.12%).
referenceSantos and Fidalgo reported on a survey of wild plants used by native people in Mozambique in 1975.
An ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants in Taishan County ... frontiersin.org Jul 10, 2025 2 facts
referenceChen et al. (2021) documented wild plants used by the Lhoba people in Douyu Village, Tibet, China, noting the region is characterized by high mountains and valleys.
referenceV. H. Heywood published the book 'Use and potential of wild plants in farm households' in 1999 through the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Ethnobotanical profiles of wild edible plants recorded from Mongolia ... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Aug 11, 2021 2 facts
accountA.A. Yunatov, while not an ethnobotanist, conducted interviews and surveys with Mongolians between 1940 and 1951 that provide valuable documentation on the collection and consumption of local wild plants.
claimRussian researchers in the 1940s and 1950s first documented most of the known literature regarding indigenous knowledge and the use of local wild plants among Mongolian herders.
The traditional use of wild edible plants in pastoral and agro ... link.springer.com Feb 23, 2023 2 facts
Implications of the Western Diet for Agricultural Production, Health ... frontiersin.org 2 facts
referenceGuil and Torija (2002) published the book 'Edible Wild Plants,' which covers the use of wild plants as food sources.
referenceShaheen, Ahmad, and Haroon (2017) published 'Edible Wild Plants: An Alternative Approach to Food Security,' which discusses using wild plants to improve food security.
Nutritional potential of underutilized edible plant species in coffee ... link.springer.com Apr 23, 2021 1 fact
referenceGrivetti L.E. and Ogle B.M. (2000) published 'Value of traditional foods in meeting macro- and micronutrient needs: the wild plant connection' in Nutrition Research Reviews, examining the nutritional role of wild plants.
Evolutionary Eating — What We Can Learn From Our Primitive Past todaysdietitian.com Apr 1, 2009 1 fact
quoteCordain stated: “Clearly, we cannot eat wild plant and animal foods as our sole nutritional source, but by mimicking the nutritional characteristics of these foods with common foods available at the supermarket, we can markedly improve our health.”
(PDF) Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Diet and Nutrition academia.edu 1 fact
accountApproximately 10,000 years ago, prior to the Agricultural Revolution, the human diet was based on an enormous variety of wild plants.
Investigation of nutritional and phytochemical properties of wild ... nature.com Dec 9, 2025 1 fact
accountPrakash et al. documented commonly used ethnoveterinary medicines derived from wild plants in the high mountains of Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh, India, in a 2021 study.
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Shabelle Zone, Eastern ... link.springer.com Feb 5, 2026 1 fact
referenceHahn K, Schmidt M, and Thiombiano A analyzed the use of wild plants for food in Burkina Faso in a 2018 study published in Flora Et Vegetatio Sudano-Sambesica.
Ethnobotanical study of food plants used in traditional medicine in ... link.springer.com Nov 26, 2025 1 fact
referenceThe study 'Cultural importance indices: a comparative analysis based on the useful wild plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain)' was published in Economic Botany in 2008.
Wild edible plants for food security, dietary diversity, and nutraceuticals frontiersin.org Nov 27, 2025 1 fact
claimHuman populations have relied on wild plants for diet and medicine from the era of the earliest hunter-gatherers through various stages of human adaptation, according to Ferreira et al. (2016).
“The Old Foods Are the New Foods!”: Erosion and Revitalization of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimTurner et al. (2011b) assert that edible and tended wild plants are central to traditional ecological knowledge and agroecology.