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Characterization of two types of azedinha in the region of Sete Lagoas, Brazil

2013; Associação Brasileira de Olericultura; Volume: 31; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-05362013000200025

1806-9991

E. C. Silva, Lanamar de Almeida Carlos, Ana Paula Albano Araújo, Leila de CL Ferraz, Marinalva Woods Pedrosa, Luana Sabrine Silva,

Agricultural and Food Sciences

Azedinha (Rumex acetosa) is a vegetable crop species consumed in natura in salads and pertains to the group of non-conventional vegetables. These rustic plants are often considered weeds plants. There exist two types of native azedinha in the Sete Lagoas region, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, that are usually grown in family gardens and here denominated Type I and Type II. In this study we characterized the morphologic, physic-chemical and chromatic characteristic of these two types of azedinha. The study was carried out in randomized complete blocks with four replications in dependences of the EPAMIG (Non-Conventional Vegetable Bank) in Prudente de Morais, Brazil. Plants were trained to the point of harvest, 90 days after the planting of seedlings, when they were harvested for analysis. We evaluated the characteristics on the leaves: weight, length, width, number of veins, width/length ratio, transverse and longitudinal diameter of the base of the petiole and longitudinal and transverse diameter ratio of the base of the petiole. We also evaluated the contents of macro and micronutrients and chemical characteristics of the plant. There are significant differences between the assessed characteristics between azedinha types I and II. We concluded that the plants probably belong to two different varieties.