Table 1 Twenty most frequently mentioned wild food plants in the freelisting questionnaire
From: Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China)
Species | Part | Frequency (N = 31) |
|---|---|---|
Eleuterococcus giraldii & E. leucorrhisus | Opening buds | 30 |
Ferns in general (‘zhala’) | Frond stalks | 30 |
Helwingia japonica | Young leaves | 29 |
Aralia chinensis | Opening buds | 26 |
Pyrus xerophila | Fruits | 20 |
Prunus salicina | Fruits | 19 |
Berchemia sinica | Fruits | 17 |
Allium victorialis | Leaves | 16 |
Pteridium aquilinum | Fronds | 16 |
Rubus mesogaeus & R. thibetanus | Fruits | 16 |
Juglans cathayensis | Kernel | 14 |
Thlaspi arvense | Young aerial parts | 14 |
Eleagnus umbellata | Fruits | 13 |
Ixeris chinensis | Young aerial parts, roots | 12 |
Rubus amabilis | Fruits | 12 |
Schisandra sphenanthera | Fruits | 12 |
Fragaria pentaphylla | Fruits | 11 |
Auricularia sp. | Whole mushroom | 10 |
Chenopodium album | Young aerial parts | 10 |
Decaisnea fargesii | Fruit pulp | 8 |
Morchella spp. | Whole mushroom | 8 |
Vitis piasezkii | Fruits | 8 |