Heracleum asperum

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Heracleum asperum
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Heracleum asperum
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(c) ramazan_murtazaliev, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Stem

The leaves and stems are pickled.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Caucasus, Georgia,

How to Identify

An herb in the carrot family (Apiaceae) found in temperate regions. The leaves and stems are edible.

Notes

The name is ambiguous.

Names & Synonyms

Sats'ebai, Shupq'a

References (2)
  • Bussman, R. W., et al, 2016, A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2016) 12:43
  • Bussman, R. W., et al, 2021, Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2021) 17:72 p 5

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