Marsh woundwort, Stachys palustris L. (Lamiaceae): an overlooked food plant

Łuczaj, Łukasz; Svanberg, Ingvar; Köhler, Piotr

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“…[the question referred to old names of Sium sisarum , but yielded answers for the use of Stachys palustris and Polypodium vulgare , for details see [50]. …”

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Wild edible plants of Belarus: from Rostafiński’s questionnaire of 1883 to the present

Łuczaj

Köhler

Pirożnikow

et al. 2013

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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BackgroundBelarus is an Eastern European country, which has been little studied ethnobotanically. The aim of the study was to compare largely unpublished 19th century sources with more contemporary data on the use of wild food plants.MethodsThe information on 19th century uses is based on twelve, mainly unpublished, responses to Józef Rostafiński’s questionnaire from 1883, and the newly discovered materials of the ethnographer Michał Federowski, who structured his data according to Rostafiński’s questionnaire and documented it with voucher specimens. Rostafiński’s questionnaire was concerned mainly with Polish territories, but for historical reasons this also encompassed a large part of Belarus, and we analyzed only the twelve responses (out of the few hundred Rostafiński obtained), which concerned the present Belarus. These data were compared with a few 20th century ethnographic sources, and our own 40 interviews and questionnaires from Belarus.Results and discussion58 taxa of wild food plants used in the 19th century were identified. Some of them are still used in modern Belarus, others are probably completely forgotten. In the 19th century several species of wild greens were widely used for making soups. Apart from Rumex, other wild greens are now either forgotten or rarely used. The list of species used in the 20th and 21st century encompasses 67 taxa. Nearly half of them were mentioned by Rostafiński’s respondents. The list of fruit species has not changed much, although in the 19th century fruits were mainly eaten raw, or with dairy or floury dishes, and now apart from being eaten raw, they are incorporated in sweet dishes like jams or cakes. Modern comparative data also contain several alien species, some of which have escaped from cultivation and are gathered from a semi-wild state, as well as children's snacks, which were probably collected in the 19th century but were not recorded back then.ConclusionThe responses to Rostafiński from 1883 present extremely valuable historical material as the use of wild food plants in Belarus has since undergone drastic changes, similar to those, which have taken place in other Eastern European countries.

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“…[the question referred to old names of Sium sisarum , but yielded answers for the use of Stachys palustris and Polypodium vulgare , for details see [50]. …”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Wild edible plants of Belarus: from Rostafiński’s questionnaire of 1883 to the present

Łuczaj

Köhler

Pirożnikow

et al. 2013

J Ethnobiology Ethnomedicine

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“…Interestingly, there are no records of Hungarians using some species (e.g. Aegopodium podagraria, Alliaria petiolata, Sonchus oleraceus, Lactuca serriola, Stachys palustris) common in the Carpathian Basin, which are important wild vegetables in other European countries, Poland, Germany, Spain or Italy [1][2][3][79][80][81][82][83][84].…”

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Wild plants used for food by Hungarian ethnic groups living in the Carpathian Basin

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IntroductionIn the last two decades several comprehensive surveys and reviews were performed in many European countries on wild plant use. Wild plants formed important parts of our ancestors' diet in a multitude of ways (e.g. as bread ingredients, vegetables, fruits, spices, snacks or beverages); essential in severe times, supplementary otherwise [1][2][3]. Revitalization of traditional practices is timely for ecology, economy and nutrition biology. Nevertheless, even though Hungary is no poorer in traditions of wild plant use than other parts of Europe, no broad-scale review has been undertaken for Hungary in this respect, yet.Information on the human consumption of wild plant species is widely scattered among the ethnographic and botanic literature, mostly in Hungarian language. Publications on gathering economy, traditional nutrition, shepherding, forest goods utilization, and on the hunting-fishing-gathering "pákász" lifestyle in the former wetlands of the floodplains of the large Hungarian rivers are known from the end of 18th century on (e.g. [4]), and they became frequent from the second half of the 20th century. Publications of traditional research on medicinal uses of plants [5][6][7][8] and ethnobotany [9-11] also mention wild food plants, but a review concentrating on wild food plants is still missing.In this work we systematically review and compile information on the utilization of wild food plants in the Hungarian speaking regions of the Carpathian Basin from the Hungarian ethnographic and ethnobotanical publications. Our study aims at compiling a knowledge base on wild food plants consumed in Hungary and by the Hungarians living in other countries of the Carpathian basin, containing information on the species, as well as the modes of use. As the Carpathian Basin is dominated by alluvial floodplains located on the margin of the vast Eurasian steppe regions, Hungarian traditional plant use might also include previously undocumented usage of wetland and steppe plant species, which can potentially add some new aspects to the existing knowledge on traditional plant use in Europe. Material and methods Flora, vegetation and history of the Carpathian BasinThe Carpathian Basin is the contiguous floodplain area of the Danube and Tisza Rivers encircled by the Carpathian

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“…Its young shoots can be cooked and used as asparagus substitute, while its tuber is eaten raw or cooked and, powdered, is used to flavor bread . Moreover, the tuber is used to flavor soup and alcoholic beverages such as vodka . Also the leaves and seeds are reported to be consumed as a food .…”

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“…Also the leaves and seeds are reported to be consumed as a food . The use of S. palustris as a food plant is documented over Europe until nineteenth century …”

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Polar Constituents, Essential Oil and Antioxidant Activity of Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris L.)

Venditti

Frezza

Bianco

et al. 2017

Chemistry & Biodiversity

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Stachys palustris, well-known as marsh woundwort, is a perennial herb growing in wet environments of Europe. Its tubers, leaves and seeds are eaten raw or cooked. Alike other Stachys species, the plant is also used as a traditional remedy. Despite S. palustris has been consumed for centuries, little is known about its chemical constituents. In this work the main secondary metabolites of S. palustris from Hungary and France have been analysed. From the plant ethanolic extracts, ethanoid glucosides, isoscutellarein derivatives, caffeoyl-quinic acids and iridoids have been isolated and structurally characterized by NMR. The essential oils were analysed by GC/MS and showed (E)-phytol, fatty acids and carbonylic compounds as the most abundant compounds. The radical scavenging capacity of plant ethanolic extracts, as evaluated by the DPPH assay, was noteworthy, with IC values of 92.08 - 105.42 μg/ml.

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Marsh woundwort, Stachys palustris L. (Lamiaceae): an overlooked food plant

Cited by 18 publications

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Wild edible plants of Belarus: from Rostafiński’s questionnaire of 1883 to the present

Wild edible plants of Belarus: from Rostafiński’s questionnaire of 1883 to the present

Wild plants used for food by Hungarian ethnic groups living in the Carpathian Basin

Polar Constituents, Essential Oil and Antioxidant Activity of Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris L.)

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