Traditional knowledge of wild edible plants used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): a comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A comparative food ethnobotanical study was carried out in fifteen local communities distributed in five districts in the Palestinian Authority, PA (northern West Bank), six of which were located in Nablus, two in Jenin, two in Salfit, three in Qalqilia, and two in Tulkarm. These are among the areas in the PA whose rural inhabitants primarily subsisted on agriculture and therefore still preserve the traditional knowledge on wild edible plants.

Methods

Data on the use of wild edible plants were collected for one-year period, through informed consent semi-structured interviews with 190 local informants. A semi-quantitative approach was used to document use diversity, and relative importance of each species.

Results and discussion

The study recorded 100 wild e

SUBMITTER: Ali-Shtayeh MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2396604 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature