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| Title: | Documentation of folk knowledge on edible wild plants of North Karnataka |
| Authors: | Rajasab, A H
Isaq, Mahamad |
| Keywords: | Edible wild plants
Folk knowledge
Karnataka
Tribal diet |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2004 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.7: A61K35/78, A61P1/12, A61P9/02, A61P13/04, A61P13/02, A61P1/04, A61P1/06, A61P11/08, A61P17/02, A61P1/02, A61P15/08 |
| Abstract: |
In North Karnataka, fifty-one
species of wild plants belonging to forty-six genera are edible. Local people
use leaves, stem, flowers, fruits, seeds and roots as a part of their diet. Of
the fifty one species, twenty-seven species belonging to twenty four genera
produce edible fruits (eaten raw or cooked), sixteen species belonging to
fourteen genera produce edible leaves and stem, four species belonging to four
genera produce edible flowers, three species belonging to three genera produce
edible seeds. The root extract of one species (Hemidesmus indicus) was used to prepare soft drink. Some of these
species serve as food during famine. It is necessary to preserve the diversity
of wild edible plants, as they possess an immense nutritional and medicinal value.
Present study
reveals the importance of twenty-two species of plants as they are eaten substantially
by village folk as well as by city dwellers. It is desirable to bring these
plants under organized agriculture as new crops to increase their production
and utilization.
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| Page(s): | 419-429 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.03(4) [October 2004]
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