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- Title
Your Poison in My Pie-the Use of Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) Leaves in Sakartvelo, Republic of Georgia, Caucasus, and Gollobordo, Eastern Albania.
- Authors
Bussmann, Rainer; Paniagua Zambrana, Narel; Sikharulidze, Shalva; Kikvidze, Zaal; Kikodze, David; Tchelidze, David; Khutsishvili, Manana; Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Hart, Robbie; Pieroni, Andrea
- Abstract
The article discusses the ethnobotanical studies in Sakartvelo, Georgia and Gollobordo, Eastern Albania on the use of potato leaves. Topics mentioned include the regard of potato leaves as toxic in both regions, the practice of consuming young potato leaves in both study areas, and the restriction of potato leaves consumption to high-altitude villages with very limited access and isolation.
- Subjects
ETHNOBOTANY; POTATOES; FOOD crops; VILLAGES; TRADITIONAL ecological knowledge
- Publication
Economic Botany, 2016, Vol 70, Issue 4, p431
- ISSN
0013-0001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12231-016-9366-7