Claim · model-written summary
About 10.73% of the wild edible plants did not require any additional management.
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e0“consuming wild edible plants (WEPs)”
e1“whereas 10.73% did not require any additional management”
Title
Xian Hu; Lianli Bai; Miaomiao Wang; et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2026. doi:10.1186/s13002-026-00883-8
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- Observation A total of 177 wild edible plants were documented among the Dai people in the Lujiangba area.
- Observation The documented wild edible plants represented 64 families.
- Observation Herbaceous species made up 63.84% of the recorded wild edible plant flora.
- Observation Leaves were a principal edible part, reported for 58.19% of the wild edible plants.
- Observation Stems were a principal edible part, reported for 55.93% of the wild edible plants.
- Observation Vegetables accounted for 67.23% of the primary categories of utilization.
- Observation Herbal medicine accounted for 29.38% of the primary categories of utilization.
- Observation 171 of the recorded species were wild.
- Observation 66 of the recorded species were cultivated, either in situ or in translocated sites.
- Observation Approximately 50.85% of the wild edible plants required management interventions.
- Observation Harvesting of wild edible plants was predominantly in spring, reported for 69.49% of harvested species.
- Observation Only 2.82% of the species were harvested year-round.
- Observation Diplazium esculentum is among the more significant wild edible plants by RFC value.
- Observation Elsholtzia kachinensis is among the more significant wild edible plants by RFC value.
- Observation Lasia spinosa is among the more significant wild edible plants by RFC value.
- Observation Buddleja officinalis is among the more significant wild edible plants by RFC value.
- Observation Traditional ecological knowledge of wild edible plants is in danger of being lost due to modern life and generations.