Abstract:

This research is planned to identify the nutritious wild plants grown in the long-distance district of Erzurum and to determine their importance from a gastronomic point of view and is carried out in this direction. The research has used a semi-configured conversation technique, which is one of the quality research methods. In the course of the research, the local people who reside in the Erzurum or Longundere district discussed which of the wild plants grown in this area can be eaten and information about the purposes of the use of the wild plants can be eaten. The answers from the questions prepared as a result of the literary scan during the interviews were assessed by recording, recording and photographing. When the research was conducted on the natural grows of foodable wild plants in the area, it was found that there were 15 species of foodable wild plants collected and consumed in the area. All of these plants are used for food purposes, 13 for medical purposes, 5 for commercial purposes, and 2 for food purposes. The plants that grow in the area are very interested by the local people. From these growing plants, the local people often eat water and feed. From the medical purposes, it has been achieved the conclusion that those who want to take advantage of the plants for the winter are consumed by making salamues, and they are stored by drying the ointment and grapefruit plants in places where no sun is too much on a clean grass. Again in the area in the year has been achieved the result of the yield of the plants repeatedly, semizotu and cranberry plants, the red cranberry that is dried for tea, the cranberry that is dried by the wire is sold by the local people on the roadside and markets. This result is an indication that the feedable wild plants that grow in the site also contribute to the development of that site. ABSTRACT In this study, it is aimed at identifying edible wild plants grown in Uzundere District of Erzurum province and to determine its gastronomic importance and is carried out accordingly. In the application part of the research, semi-structured interview technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. During the research, the local people residing in Uzundere district of Erzurum were interviewed and information about which of the wild plants grown in this region are edible and the uses of edible wild plants were compiled. During the interviews, the answers obtained from the questions prepared as a result of the literature review were evaluated by taking notes, recording audio and photographing. When edible wild plants grown naturally in the research area were examined, 15 types of edible wild plants collected and consumed in the region were identified. All of these plants are used for food, 13 of them are for medical purposes, 5 are for commercial purposes and 2 are for eating purposes only. The interest of these plants grown in the region is very intense by the local people. Of these plants grown, local people usually cook meals and roast. It has been concluded that those who want to benefit from the plants for the winter, especially those that are used for medical purposes, are made by using brine and dry the evil and net plant in a place where it does not get much sun in a clean cloth. Again, it is concluded that eulic, purslane and peanut butter, which are among the plants whose harvests are repeated throughout the year, are sold on the roadside and markets by the locals of the hawthorn fruit dried on a string. This result is an indication that edible wild plants grown in the region also contribute to the development of that region. Keywords: Edible Wild plants, Ethnobotanical, Gastronomy Gel Codes: Q18

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