A survey of wild plant species for food use in Sicily (Italy) - results of a 3-year study in four Regional Parks

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Licata, Mario ^a   Tuttolomondo, Teresa ^a   Leto, Claudio ^a   Virga, Giuseppe ^a   Bonsangue, Giuseppe ^a   Cammalleri, Ignazio ^a   Gennaro, Maria Cristina ^a   La Bella, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural importance index; Food use; Sicilian Regional Parks; Traditional plant knowledge; Wild plant species

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRASSICACEAE; CHICORY; FAMILY; FENNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MEDICINE; PLANT LEAF; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPECIES; WILD PLANT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDIBLE PLANT; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICILY; TIME FACTOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNOBOTANY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICILY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957556755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13002-015-0074-7     Document Type: Article

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