The Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, is a region with biological and cultural diversity, where the use of local natural resources was increased by the relative isolation of the region until recent decades. There are more than 600 useful plants reported. In the Sierra Norte de Puebla at least six Begonia species are used as food. The objective of this paper is to report such species that are utilized for self-supply and for sale in local markets. The management includes gathering among wild populations, transplanting of rhizomes and vegetative propagation by leaves to establish and increase populations in home gardens and in coffee plantations.
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1 January 2003
Edible Begonias from the North of Puebla, Mexico
Francisco Basurto-Peña,
Delia Castro-Lara,
Miguel Angel Martínez-Alfaro
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Economic Botany
Vol. 57 • No. 1
January 2003
Vol. 57 • No. 1
January 2003
Begonia
Edible Plants
Mexico
Puebla