Wild food plants in the Soviet books

The presented dataset aimed to fill a gap in the research on the evolution of book knowledge about wild food plants in the USSR. The dataset enables the expansion of documenting of ethnobotanical data by creating a database of plant taxa to further incorporate information from previous research on the topic and future fieldwork studies in the region. Wild food plants are a valuable yet underutilized natural resource with great potential for nutritional purposes. The knowledge of using wild plants for food can be of particular importance in times of food shortages that may arise due to economic, political, and environmental factors. At the same time, research on edible wild plants and their modes of consumption helps to explore the biodiversity of the study region and its cultural characteristics and contribute to a more sustainable and resilient future.