Motti Riccardo
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II Via Università, 100 80055 Portici, NA, Italy.
Plants (Basel). 2021 Mar 16;10(3):563. doi: 10.3390/plants10030563.
Wild edible plants are an essential component of people's diets in the Mediterranean basin. In Italy, ethnobotanical surveys have received increasing attention in the past two centuries, with some of these studies focusing on wild edible plants. In this regard, the literature in Italy lacks the coverage of some major issues focusing on plants used as herbs and spices. I searched national journals for articles on the use of wild food plants in Italy, published from 1963 to 2020. Aims of the present review were to document plant lore regarding wild herbs and spices in Italy, identify the wild plants most frequently used as spices, analyze the distribution of wild herbs and spices used at a national scale, and finally, to describe the most common phytochemical compounds present in wild plant species. Based on the 34 studies reviewed, I documented 78 wild taxa as being used in Italy as herbs or spices. The studies I included in this systematic review demonstrate that wild species used as herbs and spices enrich Italian folk cuisine and can represent an important resource for profitable, integrated local small-scale activities.
野生可食用植物是地中海盆地人们饮食的重要组成部分。在意大利，过去两个世纪以来民族植物学调查受到了越来越多的关注，其中一些研究聚焦于野生可食用植物。在这方面，意大利的文献缺乏对一些以用作草药和香料的植物为重点的主要问题的覆盖。我在国内期刊中搜索了1963年至2020年发表的关于意大利野生食用植物使用情况的文章。本综述的目的是记录意大利关于野生草药和香料的植物知识，确定最常被用作香料的野生植物，分析全国范围内使用的野生草药和香料的分布情况，最后描述野生植物物种中存在的最常见的植物化学化合物。基于所综述的34项研究，我记录了78种在意大利被用作草药或香料的野生分类群。我纳入本系统综述的研究表明，用作草药和香料的野生物种丰富了意大利民间美食，并且可以成为盈利性综合地方小规模活动的重要资源。
