Montia fontana L. (Portulacaceae), an interesting wild vegetable traditionally consumed in the Iberian Peninsula

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1105-1118

  Tardio J ^a   Molina, M ^a   Aceituno Mata, L ^a   Pardo de Santayana, M ^b   Morales, R ^c   Fernandez Ruiz V ^d   Morales, P ^e   Garcia P ^d   Camara M ^d   Sanchez Mata M C ^d  

^a Dept Agroalimentación   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e VALENCIAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Montia fontana; Natural production; Nutritional composition; Portugal; Spain; Wild vegetables

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ETHNOBOTANY; FATTY ACID; MANGANESE; MINERAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANIC ACID; OXALATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN; WILD POPULATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

MONTIA FONTANA; PORTULACACEAE;

EID: 80052837729     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-011-9749-7     Document Type: Article

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