Open AccessSurvey on species composition and experience in using edible plants of Thai ethnic in Sop Cop district, Son La province
Author(s) -
Thi Van Anh Nguyen,
Van Du Nguyen,
Tuan Anh Ha,
Van Thanh Bui,
Thi Lien Tran,
Tiến Dũng Nguyễn
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
tạp chí khoa học và công nghệ việt nam (b, online) (vietnam journal of science and technology - most)/tạp chí khoa học và công nghệ việt nam (điện tử)/tạp chí khoa học và công nghệ việt nam (b, print) (vietnam journal of science and technology - most)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2615-9759
pISSN - 1859-4794
DOI - 10.31276/vjst.64(3).11-15
Subject(s) - domestication , ethnobotany , edible plants , ethnic group , plant species , geography , biology , botany , medicinal plants , traditional medicine , ecology , medicine , sociology , anthropology
Through the process of formation and development, communities have gradually accumulated experience in exploiting and using natural resources to serve their lives. Eating is an essential human need, first of all, to survive, and then gradually develop into art. Experience in exploiting and processing edible plants is diverse. In this study, by the botanical research methods combined with the ethnobotanical method, the authors recognised in the Thai ethnic community in Sop Cop district, Son La province 114 edible plant species. In 114 species recorded, 81 species are wild plants (accounting for 71.05%), 43 species are domesticated (37.72%), in which 10 species (8.77%) are semi-wild and domesticated. The group of vegetables is the most diverse with 52 species (45.61%), fruit trees with 39 species (34.21%), spice plants with 21 species (18.42%)... The parts are used also plentiful, with the most fruit with 57 species (50%), leaves, young buds, tubers... There are many special plants, processed to create unique and typical Thai dishes in Sop Cop district, Son La province.