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| Title: | The ethnobotany and nutritional values of wild rice [Zizania latifolia (Griseb.) Turcz. ex Stapf] (Poaceae) in Manipur |
| Authors: | Jain, Alka
Singh, H Birkumar
Bhattacharyya, PR |
| Keywords: | Wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
Ethnobotany
Edible
Food value
Manipur |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K 36/00, C09K 15/00, C01G 28/00, C22 30.04, A23L 1/29, A23L 2/66, A23J 3/14 |
| Abstract: | Wild rice [Zizania latifolia (Griseb.) Turcz ex stapf.)], locally
called ‘Kambong’ or ‘Ishing-kambong’ (in Manipuri) is an
aquatic/wetland plant of Manipur and is used for various purposes by the ethnic
people ranging from food to fodder, thatch roofing, firewood substitute, house
wall plastering material, etc. The infected gall forming culm (infected with
the fungus Ustilago esculenta P. Henn.) is highly eaten by the local
people of Manipur and regarded as delicacy and fetching Rs 28-55 per kg and is
a source of livelihood for a section of rural populace. The galls are
nutritious with protein (8.13%), carbohydrate (13.82%) and with other micro and
macro-nutrients. The edible part of the plant is also having good antioxidant
properties like total phenolics (84.1 mg GAE/g dry weight of plant), total
flavonoides (7mg QE/g dry wt of plant) and antiradical power value of 10.4.
Presence of toxic arsenic (0.09 ppm) in wild rice is much below the permissible
limit and hence quite safe for consumption. The tender shoot of this plant is
fondly eaten by Cervus eldi eldi McClelland, a critically endangered
deer species of the world and also the ‘state animal’ of Manipur.
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| Page(s): | 66-69 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(1) [January 2012]
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