CONSUMPTION TYPES OF WILD PLANTS CONSUMED AS FOOD AROUND ESKİŞEHİR (TURKEY)

Abstract

In this study, Eskişehir city and its environment were defined as a study area and wild plants consumed as food in this regionwere selected as research material. According to the study, 28 wild plants consumed as food around Eskişehir were determined.These plants were identified as Amaranthus retroflexus (Kızılbacak), Beta corolliflora (Kır Pancarı), Capsella bursa-pastoris(Çoban Çantası), Carduus nutans (Devedikeni), Centaurea urvillei (Çoban Çökerten), Chenopodium album (Sirken),Cichorium intybus (Karakavuk), Erodium cicutarium (Çoban İğnesi), Galega officinalis (Keçisakalı), Glaucium corniculatum(Boynuz Gelincik), Lactuca serriola (Acı Marul), Malva neglecta (Ebegümeci), Nasturtium officinale (Su Teresi), Papaverrhoeas (Gelincik), Papaver somniferum (Haşhaş), Polygonum lagathifolium (Madımak), Portulaca oleracea (Semizotu),Ranunculus ficaria (Arpacıksalebi), Raphanus raphanistrum (Turpotu), Rumex acetosa (Kuzukulağı), Rumex crispus (Labada),Silene alba (Toklubaşı), Stellaria media (Bulgurcuk), Taraxacum officinale (Acıgüneyik), Tragopogon dubius (Yemlik),Tragopogon pratensis (Teke Sakalı), Urtica dioica (Büyük Isırgan) and Urtica urens (Küçük Isırgan). The findings of thisstudy have revealed that the wild plants are an important alternative to well known agricultural products and have importantpotential for the realization of sustainable rural development.