Wild food plants and fungi sold in the markets of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Open air markets hold an important position for ethnobiologists. In Southeast Asia, they are seriously understudied, in spite of their incredible biocultural diversity. In order to fill this gap we recorded plants and fungi sold in the open air markets of Luang Prabang, Lao PDR.

Methods

The markets were visited 38 times in four seasons: the dry season, early monsoon, mid-monsoon, and end-of-monsoon, at least 8 times per season. All items were photographed and voucher specimens were collected. Fungi were identified using DNA barcoding techniques.

Results

We recorded 110 species of wild edible plants and 54 species of fungi, including 49 wild-collected species. The sold plants included 86 species of green vegetables, 18 species of fruits and 3 species of flow

SUBMITTER: Luczaj L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7835671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature