Dorema aucheri

Boiss.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are boiled in soup or boiled and then fried.

It is a temperate plant.

Iraq, Middle East,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen

Dorema aucheri is a temperate herb of the Apiaceae family (carrot family).

Names & Synonyms

Bana

Angelica dura K. KochDorema robustum Lofius ex I. G. Borshch. [Invalid]and others

References (1)

Pieroni, A., et al, 2017, The spring has arrived: traditional wild vegetables gathered by Yarsanis (Ahl-e Haqq) and Sunni Muslims in Western Hawraman, SE Kurdistan (Iraq). Acta Soc Bot Pol 86(1):3519