Universität Wien
Course Exam

330077 VO Wild Plants/Spices (2020S)

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Examination topics

What are wild plants? Characteristics and history (Capitulare de villis, Neunstärke; traditional cures in spring) . What is ethnobotany? Indigenously plants and others, vegetation types. Nitrate and nutrients. Plant families (incl. characteristic secondary metabolites) and their most important representatives (and doubles) ,presented in lecture . Plant families : Lamiaceae, Urticaceae, Alliaceae (Amaryllidaceae) , Convallariaceae, Colchicaceae, Araceae, Caryophyllaceae, Primulaceae, Violaceae, Ranunculaceae. Aristolochiaceae, Rosaceae, Boraginaceae, Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Cannabaceae, Asteraceae, Polygonaceae, Oxalidaceae, Plantaginaceae, Rubiaceae, Sambucaceae.
Spices: botany, quality, utilization and constituents of spices presented in lecture.

Assessment and permitted materials

multiple choice

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

wild Plants : Basics of classifying plants.
spices : to know the basics (botany, chemistry, culinary, medical use, quality and producing) of important spices .powerpoint, a picture gallery of wild plants (moodle) and selected examples of spices (quality and quality control).
Multiple choice test:
87 - 100 = 1
75- 86 = 2
63 - 74 = 3
50 - 62 = 4
0 – 49 = 5

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