scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Survey of Wild Edible Plants and Their Contribution for Food Security Used by Gumuz People in Kamash Woreda; Benishangul Gumuz Regional State; Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dessalegn Ayele Amente
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Regional State

scholarly journals Diversity and potential contribution of wild edible plants to sustainable food security in North Wollo, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hassen
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Preference Ranking ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
North Wollo

Hassen A. 2021. Diversity and potential contribution of wild edible plants to sustainable food security in North Wollo, Ethiopia. Biodiversitas 22: 2501-2510. Rural communities in different parts of the world use WEPs as supplementary food to increase dietary diversity. The findings of this study showed that 40.7% of the participants were food insecure in the study area. They are significantly dependent on WEPs when sudden drought exists. There were no significant studies conducted about ethnobotany in the study area. Therefore, this study was the first attempt to survey the perception of local people towards the potential resources of WEPs for sustainable food security, and conservation and management trends in North Wollo. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews (135 participants), tour-guided field observation, and focus group discussion (45 participants) to get relevant and adequate data. Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and preference ranking were used to analyze and interpret the quantitative data. A total of 66 locally available WEPs belong to 30 families found in the study area. Respondents’ preference revealed that O. ficus-indica, Z.spina-christ, C. spinarum, F. sur, and U. sinesis were ranked first, second, third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. Hence, this study will provide relevant information for policy-makers and managers to combat food insecurity in the study area.

Wild edible plants of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India and their economic potential

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhogaonkar P Y
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Wild Edible Plant ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Edible Plant

The present study deals with the exploration, identification and future potentialities of the wild edible plant species of Gadchiroli district. The ethnobotanical survey of the region resulted in the documentation of 73wild plant species that are consumed by the Gondi, Madia, Kawar and Pardhan. Out of these, 56species belong to 52 genera 32 dicotyledonous families, while 17 species belong to 15 genera are from 9 monocotyledonous families.

Wild Edible Plants Traditionally Collected and Used in Southern Yemen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ali Al-Fatimi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Wild Plants ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Other World

Abstract Background: The local wild edible plants (WFPs) are still used traditionally in the rural communities in Yemen but this traditional knowledge is still undocumented and has been never reported before. Therefore, this study is the first ethnobotanical survey on WFPs conducted in Yemen.Methods: This study is based on two field surveys made between 1988 and1992 and between 2014 and 2016 to document the wild plants used as edible by local indigenous peoples in 15 districts belongs to six governorates, in southern Yemen. Information data were collected by oral face-to-face interviews from 250 informants. Percentage of citation were calculate for each species.Results: A total of 58 plant species belong to 37 genera and 21 families are reported as wild edible plants consumed in southern Yemen. Apocynaceae was the dominant plant family with 18 species followed by Asteraceae (6), and Malvaceae (5). The most widely used edible parts are stem, leaf and fruit with more than 17 species for each. Herbs were reported as the most important sources (31 species), followed by shrubs (16) and trees (9). Most of reported wild edibles (48 species parts) are consumed in raw form; only 12 of them are cooked. Seven wild edible plants were collected in dry season, 16 species throughout the year, and 38 in rainy season. In this study, 58 wild plants were reported for the first time as food in Yemen. Comparing the southern Yemeni findings to those from other world countries, 12 of them are eaten only in southern Yemen, while 46 are consumed in different world countries practically in East Africa. Conclusions: The results data reflects the strong relationship between the local peoples and the wild plants and the valuable knowledge of the uses of wild species as potential sources for traditional food. The use of these wild plants is attributed to food shortage, nutritional values, and local cultural tradition. This study preserves the oral traditional knowledge of the local wild plants used as food and/or nutraceutical sources for human in the future instead their losing at risk of time, immigration and wars.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Survey of Wild Edible Plants in Different Landscapes of Kodagu

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (06) ◽  
pp. 2103-2109
Author(s):  
Vinayak Pai ◽  
B.N. Satish ◽  
T.S. Hareesh ◽  
C.G. Kushalappa ◽  
B.G. Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey

scholarly journals Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants of Iğdır Province (East Anatolia, Turkey)

2017 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernaz Altundağ Çakır
Keyword(s):  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Polygonum Aviculare ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Cultural Importance Index ◽  
Falcaria Vulgaris ◽  
First Time

Iğdır Province is situated in the Eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey. Wild edible plants and their utilization methods have not been previously documented there. This study was conducted during an ethnobotanical survey of Iğdır Province from 2007 to 2012, in the period from May to October, when plants were in their flowering and fruiting periods. There were 210 interviews carried out in 78 villages. This study provides information about 154 wild plant taxa belonging to 27 families that have been used as foodstuffs, spices, or hot drinks. Seventeen wild edible plants were recorded for the first time during this study. Eight endemic species were reported as used for their edibility, and new local names for plants were also recorded. The cultural importance index was calculated for each taxon. The most culturally important species are <em>Mentha longifolia</em>, <em>Falcaria vulgaris</em>, <em>Polygonum aviculare</em>, <em>Rosa canina</em>, <em>Crataegus azarolus</em>, <em>Capsella bursa-pastoris</em>, and <em>Malus sylvestris</em>. This study presents the richest heritage in terms of the diversity of wild edible plants ever recorded in Turkey.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by Baka People in southeastern Cameroon.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Eric Billong Fils ◽  
Natacha Afiong Nana ◽  
Jean Lagarde Betti ◽  
Oumar Farick Njimbam ◽  
Stéphanie Tientcheu Womeni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Congo Basin ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Hunting And Gathering ◽  
Non Timber Forest Products

Abstract Background: Forest inhabitants worldwide, and Indigenous Peoples especially, have depended for generations on plants and animals harvested in these ecosystems. A number of Baka hunter-gatherer populations in south-eastern Cameroon became sedentarised in the 1950s, but still rely on hunting and gathering to meet their basic needs. The use of wild edible plants (WEP) by these communities remains largely undocumented. In this study we record the diversity of WEP used by Baka people in dense rainforests in the Mintom region. The area still contains relatively undisturbed forest expanses, just south of the Dja Biosphere Reserve, one of the most important protected areas in the Congo Basin.Methods: We conducted two ethnobotanical surveys in 2019 in four villages on the Mintom road. In the first survey, we interviewed a total of 73 individuals to determine WEP usage. In our second survey, we specifically quantified WEP harvested and consumed daily in a number of households over a two-week period during the major rainy season, when use of forest products is highest. Specimens of all recorded plants were collected and identified at the National Herbarium of Cameroon.Results: We documented 88 plant species and 119 unique species/plant organ/recipes in 1,519 different citations. A total of 61 genera and 43 families were noted. Excluding 14 unidentified wild yam species, 17 WEP species had not been reported in previous ethnobotanical surveys of the Baka. Our results showed that cultivated starchy plant foods make up a significant proportion of our study population’s daily nutritional intake.Conclusions: A high diversity of WEP are consumed by the studied Baka communities. The study area is likely to be significant in terms of WEP diversity since 18 out of the 30 ‘key’ Non-Timber Forest Products, NTFP, in Cameroon were mentioned. Documentation of the use of WEP by Indigenous communities is vital to ensure the continuity of traditional knowledge and future food security.

scholarly journals Perceived health and medicinal properties of six species of wild edible plants in north-east Lebanon

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1902-1911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeinab Jeambey ◽  
Timothy Johns ◽  
Salma Talhouk ◽  
Malek Batal
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Survey ◽  
Foeniculum Vulgare ◽  
North East ◽  
Food Diversity ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
Medicinal Properties

AbstractObjectivesWild edible plants (WEP) play the dual role of securing food diversity and promoting health in traditional societies. Current simplified dietary habits contribute to increasing population health risks. Since WEP are integral to the diet of traditional communities, identifying their significance as foods to people provides further evidence to conserve them and promote their consumption. Six species of WEP were identified as integral to the diet of rural Lebanese communities. We investigated their patterns of consumption and knowledge regarding their health and medicinal properties.DesignAn ethnobotanical survey, employing a qualitative questionnaire, was conducted among thirty informants. The identified species were Cichorium intybus, Eryngium creticum, Foeniculum vulgare, Malva sylvestris, Thymus syriacus and Gundelia tournifortii.ResultsMost informants consumed the six plants as a regular part of their diet. Seasonal variability in consumption was evident. C. intybus was renowned for its digestive and blood strengthening properties. F. vulgare was used as a digestive stimulant. M. sylvestris was distinguished for its anti-inflammatory qualities. T. syriacus was popular for its digestive and anti-poisonous properties. E. creticum was attributed less pronounced health benefits. G. tournifortii was considered a nutritious food.ConclusionsAll six species were popular for their edible uses as well as their health and/or medicinal benefits. These properties are supported by scientific evidence. Our results highlight the importance of these plants for local people and support efforts for their conservation. However, we noticed a decline in indigenous knowledge. We encourage efforts to record it for other plants and in other communities.

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