Naslov
ETNOBOTANIČKO ISTRAŽIVANJE NA ĆIĆARIJI (ISTRA, HRVATSKA): KORIŠTENJE SAMONIKLOG BILJA I GLJIVA
(ETHNOBOTANIC RESEARCH ON ĆIĆARIJA MT (ISTRIA, CROATIA): THE USE OF WILD PLANTS AND MUSHROOMS)

Autori
Vitasović Kosić, Ivana ; Juračak, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
5th Croatian Botanical Symposium with international participation, Book of Abstracts / Rešetnik, I. ; Ljubešić, Z. - Zagreb : Correctus media d.o.o., 2016, 32-33

ISBN
978-953-8097-00-3

Skup
5th Croatian Botanical Symposium with international participation

Mjesto i datum
Primošten, Hrvatska, 22.09.2016. - 25.09.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
etnobotanika; samoniklo bilje; gljive; Ćićarija
(ethnobotany; wild plants; mushrooms; Ćićarija)

Sažetak
For many centuries Istria was at the cross-roads of cultural exchanges and trade between the Austrian Empire and the Republic of Venice, and so even today it continues to be a center of multicultural interactions. The Ćićarija is an inland karstic territory in the northern part of Istria peninsula (Croatia), characterized by numerous dolines, epi-Mediterranean climate and a typical Mediterranean flora. Due to depopulation, change of lifestyle, and not sufficient documentation on the researched area, there is a threat of wild plants and mushrooms use knowledge loss. Consequently, we investigated local traditional knowledge and present use of wild plants for food and beverages as well as the use of mushrooms in 24 settlements was recorded. Fifty (50) interviews that included 75 local informants (38 female and 37 male), with an average age of 67, were conducted in 2015 and early 2016. The use of approximately 200 plant taxa and 30 mushroom species were documented, with the average of 37 records per interview. Our results showed that the plants are used raw as salads, cooked as vegetables, raw fruit, for teas, sweet drink concentrates, jams, in liqueurs and schnapps. A lot of plants have specific medicinal usage. The most commonly collected species are: Cornus mas, Rubus ulmifolius, Sambucus nigra, Urtica dioica, Rosa canina, Taraxacum officinale, Tamus communis, Sorbus domestica, Asparagus acutifolius, Cichorium inthybus, Prunus spinosa, Foeniculum vulgare, and Salvia officinalis. We found that a small number of Mushrooms were collected on the Ćićarija area in the past, but nowadays people collect more than 30 mushroom species (82% of the interviewees). Interesting is that participants still regularly pick and eat fruits in the nature, and often use some of phytotherapeutic plants. A particular feature of the local cuisine arescrambled eggs(local term: fritaja) prepared with young shoots of Ruscus aculeatus. All herbarium specimens are digitized and available in ZAGR Virtual herbarium (http://herbarium.agr.hr/).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Prehrambena tehnologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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