Wild green, the young shoots of which are tender and edible.
Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Αχινόχορτο. Ahinóhorto.
Greek name - description
This is the stavragatho, ahinagatho plant, the young shoots of which are tender and can be eaten (Gennadios 1914, 399).
Language remarks
Scientific name: Echinops viscosus (Gennadios 1914, 399)
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
19th- 20th c.
Bibliography
Gennadios P. G. (1914), Λεξικόν φυτολογικόν: Περιλαμβάνον τα ονόματα, την ιθαγένειαν και τον βίον υπερδεκασχιλίων φυτών, εν οις και τα λόγω χρησιμότητος ή κόσμου καλλιεργούμενα, των οποίων περιγράφονται και η ιστορία, η καλλιέργεια, τα προϊόντα και αι νόσοι, From the Printing House of Paraskevas Leonis, Athens.
Researcher/Recorder
Savvas Polyviou, Argyro Xenophontos
Foods
Vegetables and greens in the Byzantine era
Vegetables and wild greens have always been an important part of the Cypriot diet.