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Wild plants used as food and medicine in the Northeast of Portugal

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Summary:For the first time an ethnobotanical survey has been carried out in the Natural Park of Montesinho in northeastern Portugal. Working with 49 informants (mostly women) from 20 villages we found 133 wild plants, belonging to 45 botanical families that were traditionally employed as food and/or medicine.
Main Authors:Carvalho, Ana Maria
Other Authors:Morales, Ramón
Subject:Portuguese Ethnobotany Etnobotânica portuguesa Medicinal plants Wild edible plants TEK
Year:2004
Country:Portugal
Document type:conference output
Access type:open access
Associated institution:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Language:English
Origin:Biblioteca Digital do IPB
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Summary:For the first time an ethnobotanical survey has been carried out in the Natural Park of Montesinho in northeastern Portugal. Working with 49 informants (mostly women) from 20 villages we found 133 wild plants, belonging to 45 botanical families that were traditionally employed as food and/or medicine.