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Wild edible plants traditionally gathered in Gorbeialdea (Biscay, Basque Country)

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This ethnobotanical study aims to describe the domain of wild edible plants in Gorbeialdea (Biscay, Iberian Peninsula), and to assess the cultural importance of the different species and food categories. Field work was conducted between 2008 and 2010, interviewing 103 informants about the traditional use of wild plants for food. The edible use of 49 species was recorded, 45% of them gathered for their fruits. The most important species coincide with those registered in other regions in the north of the Iberian Peninsula (Prunus spinosa, Rubus ulmifolius, Castanea sativa, Fragaria vesca, Rumex acetosa, Vaccinium myrtillus and Arbutus unedo). However, the importance of some species and uses that had not been previously recorded as edible in the ethnobotanical literature of the Iberian Peninsula, highlights the singularity of the area. The consumption of the leaves of Fagus sylvatica, the seeds of Pinus radiata, and the shoots of Pteridium aquilinum are some examples of specific uses. The eating of the fruits of Quercus robur, and Q. ilex was common until some decades ago and is still remembered by the informants. However, the consumption of those fruits has now a social stigma, and as shown in this paper, it can be overlooked by a methodology only based on open interviews. The most important use-category was ‘fruits’, following the trend found in other northern regions of the Iberian and Italian Peninsulas. ‘Snack vegetables’ is also a relevant category, including 35% of the cited species, with a high diversity of chewed plants, mainly as hunger or thirst quenchers. On the contrary, there was a low valorization of condiments and elaborated vegetables.

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Ezer baino lehen, eskerrak eman lan hau posible egin duten Gorbeialdeko jente guztieri. Euran denbora eta eskuzabaltasuna barik euskaldunok geure kulturaren zati dogun jakinduria beste barik galduko zen. (We would like to thank all the people from Gorbeialdea who has made this work possible. Without their time and generosity most of this important cultural heritage would have been inevitably lost.) Research was funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (SEJ2007-60873/SOCI) and Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CSO2011-27565) and a PhD studentship from the Basque Country (Autonomous Community, Spain). We want to thank to Ramón Morales, Itziar García, Daniel Pérez, and María Molina for their help and input during fieldwork and writing the manuscript.

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  2. Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario, Apdo. 127, 28800, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

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  3. ICREA and Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    Victoria Reyes-García

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Menendez-Baceta, G., Aceituno-Mata, L., Tardío, J. et al. Wild edible plants traditionally gathered in Gorbeialdea (Biscay, Basque Country). Genet Resour Crop Evol 59, 1329–1347 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-011-9760-z

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