Wild food plants traditionally consumed in the area of Bologna (Emilia Romagna region, Italy)

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sansanelli, Sabrina ^a   Tassoni, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bologna; Crepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifolia; Emilia Romagna region; Ethnobotany; Traditional local knowledge; Urtica spp; Wild food plants

Indexed keywords

CREPIS VESICARIA; EMILIA; URTICA;

AGED; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TASTE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; TASTE;

EID: 84908503285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-69     Document Type: Article

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