Wild vegetables refer to wild plants that can be used as vegetables or to satisfy hunger, and also include wild edible fungi in a broad sense. China is one of the regions with the longest history of potherb utilization, which is rich in potherb resources, widely distributed and profound in cultural heritage. ? Wild vegetables can be used as fresh vegetables for raw cold salad, stir-fry and stir-fry, soup side dishes, dried vegetables, sauerkraut, pickles and so on.
Many plants are eaten as wild vegetables in China. Wild vegetables have the characteristics of unique flavor, natural pollution-free, safety, no pesticide residue, high nutritional value and homology of medicine and food. They not only cultivate cultivated vegetables, but also have incomparable nutritional value, medicinal efficacy and health care function. ?