Beta macrorhiza
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Description
A herb of the Amaranthaceae family adapted to Mediterranean climates and cultivated for food.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Where It Grows
Caucasus, Europe, Iran, Mediterranean, Turkey, Türkiye,
Other Information
It is cultivated.
Notes
Also put in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Also Known As
Kizil pancar
References (3)
- Ertug, F., 2000, An Ethnobotanical Study in Central Anatolia (Turkey). Economic Botany Vol. 54. No. 2. pp. 155-182
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Rivera, D. et al, 2006, Gathered Mediterranean Food Plants - Ethnobotanical Investigations and Historical Development, in Heinrich M, Müller WE, Galli C (eds): Local Mediterranean Food Plants and Nutraceuticals. Forum Nutr. Basel, Karger, 2006, vol 59, pp 18–74
