Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 77 (2): e098 https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2554 ISSN-L: 0211-1322 Wild edible plant species used in the Ağrı province, eastern Turkey Zakine KADIOGLU1, Kemal CUKADAR2, Nalan Nazan KALKAN3, Huseyin VURGUN4, Ozkan KAYA5* Erzincan Horticultural Research Institute, 24060 Erzincan, Turkey. *Correspondence:
[email protected] 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-6771, 2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1395-0964 3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-7281, 4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5871-8873 5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1679-6125 Abstract. Wild edible plant species found in Ağrı are nutritionally and Resumen. Las plantas silvestres comestibles que se encuentran alrededor economically relevant. Plants are collected by the villagers and brought de Ağrı siguen siendo importantes para la alimentación y la economía to the market for sale in the spring. Interest in these plants responds to local. Estas plantas son recolectadas por la población local y vendidas en el the increasing demand for organic and natural food. In this study, 350 in- mercado en primavera. El interés por las plantas silvestres comestibles ha depth face-to-face interviews with villagers about the edible plants used aumentado debido a la creciente demanda de alimentos orgánicos y naturales. in Ağrı (7 districts, 35 villages) were conducted in the region from April En este estudio se realizaron 350 entrevistas cara a cara entre abril de 2016 2016 to October 2017. The species, parts used and their consumption and y octubre de 2017 a habitantes de la región de Ağrı (7 distritos, 35 pueblos). preservation techniques were analyzed and documented.