Aegopodium podagraria
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Aegopodium podagraria

Common name:
Ground Elder

Local name:
Keçi ayağı, Mendek, Tavuk ayağı

Country:
Turkey

Food Group(s):
Leafy vegetable

Part of plant/stage of process:
leaves, raw

Perennial umbellifer characterized by rhizomes and an erect, hollow and grooved stem. The plant grows in coppice forests up to 750 m.a.s.l. The young leaves are used as a vegetable and can be eaten raw, stir-fried with yoghurt, used in pasties, or cooked with rice and bulgur.

Nutrition Data

Energy (Kcal) KJ(22) 91
Water (g)90.5
Protein (g)1.04
Fat (g)0.37
Available carbohydrates (g)1.08
Dietary Fiber (g)5.17
Ash (g)1.84
Ca (mg)92
Fe (mg)1.51
Mg (mg)24
P (mg)50
K (mg)540
Na (mg)1
Zn (mg)0.24
Vit A-RAE (mcg)tr
ß-carotene (mcg)tr
VitC (mg)37
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