Prasium majus
L.
Prasium
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Stem
The leaves are used for preparing drinks, and can be eaten raw or lightly browned. The stems are also edible when eaten raw or lightly cooked.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Africa, Crete, Europe, Greece, Italy, Mediterranean, North Africa, Sicily, Tunisia,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Angola, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Belarus, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Kenya, Comoros, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb in the Lamiaceae family found in Mediterranean climate regions.
Names & Synonyms
Lagoudopaximado, Lagouto, Oudhimit arnib
References (7)
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- Lentini, F. and Venza, F., 2007, Wild food plants of popular use in Sicily. J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine. 3: 15
- Psaroudaki, A., et al, 2012, Ten Indigenous Edible Plants: Contemporary Use in Eastern Crete, Greece. Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment Vol. 34, Issue 2 pp. 172–177
- Psaroudaki, A., et al, 2015, Genetic structure and population diversity of eleven edible herbs of Eastern Crete. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki, 22:7
- Skoula, M & Sarpaki, A., 2005, Traditional knowledge on the uses of wild plants in Crete, Greece.
- Vardavas, C. I., et al, 2006, The antioxidant and phylloquinone content of wildly grown green in Crete. Food Chemistry 99: 813-821
- Vardavas, C. I., et al, 2006, Lipid concentrations of wild greens in Crete. Food Chemistry 99: 822-834
