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Frequency list of the thirty-two most commonly collected taxa. The list includes sixteen records of głóg, a term which could refer to either Crataegus or Rosa (both taxa are equally frequently called by this name), which were assigned in the proportion of 8:8 to each of the genera. |
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| Species |
Number of localities |
Parts and main modes of use |
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| Rumex spp. |
75 |
leaves, raw and cooked in soups |
| Chenopodium album |
50 |
leaves, boiled and fried, mainly as famine food |
| Rubus subgenus Rubus spp. |
48 |
fruits, raw and in preserves |
| Fragaria vesca |
47 |
fruits, raw and in preserves |
| Vaccinium myrtillus |
47 |
fruits, raw and in preserves |
| Urtica spp. |
38 |
leaves, boiled and fried, mainly as famine food |
| Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
34 |
fruits, raw and in preserves |
| Rubus idaeus |
32 |
fruits, raw and in preserves |
| Oxalis spp. |
31 |
leaves, raw, as children's snack |
| Corylus avellana |
29 |
fruits, mainly raw |
| Rosa spp. |
29 |
fruits, raw and in preserves |
| Prunus spinosa |
27 |
fruits, raw and in preserves, largely as children's snack |
| Armoracia rusticana |
26 |
roots, grated, as meat condiment |
| Betula spp. |
26 |
sap, mainly as children's beverage |
| Sambucus nigra |
24 |
fruits, preserved |
| Crataegus spp. |
22 |
fruits, raw and in preserves, largely as children's snack |
| Carum carvi |
19 |
seeds, added to bread and sauerkraut |
| Elymus repens |
19 |
rhizomes, dried and ground, used only as famine food |
| Tilia spp. |
17 |
flowers, infusion |
| Acorus calamus |
13 |
young shoots, only as children's snack |
| Trifolium spp. |
13 |
nectar from flowers sucked by children |
| Centaurea cyanus |
12 |
petals used by children to make a fermented drink with sugar |
| Quercus robur |
12 |
acorns, roasted to make coffee |
| Mentha longifolia & M. arvensis |
11 |
infusion, soups and dumplings |
| Prunus padus |
11 |
fruits, raw as children's snack |
| Ribes nigrum &R. spicatum |
11 |
fruits, raw or preserved covered in sugar or as juice and jam; only in eastern and northern Poland |
| Taraxacum spp. |
10 |
leaves, raw, served like lettuce |
| Vaccinium uliginosum |
10 |
fruits, raw or as juice, jam, soup or compote; |
| Fagus sylvatica |
9 |
raw nuts eaten by children |
| Malva sylvestris & M. neglecta |
9 |
immature fruits, eaten raw, mainly in western Poland |
| Sorbus aucuparia |
9 |
fruits, juice, jam, soup, liqueurs |
| Vaccinium oxycoccos |
9 |
fruit, usually in jams and sauces |
Łuczaj Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2008 4:4 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-4-4 |
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