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Heracleum leskovii

Grossh.

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(c) Лилия Шипилина, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Description

A temperate herb in the Apiaceae (carrot) family with edible stems.

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Edible Uses

The stem is pickled and eaten.

Traditional Uses

The stem is pickled.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Caucasus, Georgia,

Notes

The name is ambigous.

References (2)

  • Bussman, R. W., et al, 2016, A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2016) 12:43
  • Bussman, R. W., et al, 2021, Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2021) 17:72 p 5

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