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WILD EDIBLE PLANTS TRADITIONALLY USED BY THE TRIBES IN MALKANGIRI DISTRICT, ODISHA, INDIA

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A total of 124 wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in Malkangiri district of Odisha, India, were recorded. The highest number of edible species documented belong to Dioscorea (8), followed by Ziziphus (4) while the genera Antidesma, Bauhinia, Casearia, Diospyros, Gardenia and Grewia contributed three species each. The maximum utilization of edible parts was of fruits (59 spp.) followed by leaves/leafy shoots (31 spp.), tubers (25 spp.J, seed oil (8 spp.J, flowers (5 spp.J, seeds (6 sppg:J, stem and shoots (2 spp.) each. It was observed that the tribes of Malkangiri district were using in their diet 42% fruits and 22% leaves from the forest ecosystem. Domestication and value addition of such less known edible plant resources was suggested.

Ethnic surveyfruitsleafy vegetableseeds

P.A. Dhole、M. Mishra、K.A. Sujana

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Botanical Survey of India, Central Botanical Laboratory, Howrah - 711 103, West Bengal, India

Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore - 641 003, West Bengal, India

2020

Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany

Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany

ISSN:0250-9768
年,卷(期):2020.44(1/4)