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