Wild Edible Plants of Andalusia: Traditional Uses and Potential of Eating Wild in a Highly Diverse Region Benítez Cruz, Guillermo Molero Mesa, Joaquín González-Tejero García, María Reyes Ethnobotany Conservation of plant resources Crop relatives Food plants A review of ethnobotanical sources focused on traditionally-used wild food plants in Andalusia (southern Spain), one of the most biodiverse regions in Europe, is carried out. With 21 original sources plus some previously unpublished data, the dataset shows a high diversity of these traditional resources, reaching 336 species or c. 7% of the total wild flora. Cultural aspects related to the use of some species are discussed and data are compared with similar works. The results are discussed through the lens of conservation and bromatology. For 24% of the edible plants, informants also mentioned a medicinal use (achieved by consuming the same part of the plant). In addition, a list of 166 potentially edible species is provided based on a review of data from other Spanish territories 2023-05-16T11:21:14Z 2023-05-16T11:21:14Z 2023-03-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Benítez, G.; Molero-Mesa, J.; González-Tejero, M.R.Wild Edible Plants of Andalusia: Traditional Uses and Potential of EatingWild in a Highly Diverse Region. Plants 2023, 12, 1218. [https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants12061218] https://hdl.handle.net/10481/81587 10.3390/plants12061218 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI