Pinus heldreichii

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PinaceaeShoots
Pinus heldreichii
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Pinus heldreichii
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Pinus heldreichii
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Shoots

The young shoots are used to make a health drink.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Balkans, Bosnia, Europe,

Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine

How to Identify

A temperate coniferous tree of the Pinaceae family.

Wikipedia

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Pinus heldreichii, the Bosnian pine or Heldreich's pine, is a species of pine native to mountainous regions of Southeast Europe and, to lesser extent, mountainous southern Italian peninsula.

Names & Synonyms

Munika

References (1)
  • Redzic, S. J., 2006, Wild Edible Plants and their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 45:189-232

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