Wild Edible Plants Used By the Tribal In Area of Dahanu Taluka,Palghar District, Maharashtra State, India

Dakshata Patil; Shivangi Chaudhari; Jayananda Tosh

Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2017

Wild Edible Plants Used By the Tribal In Area of Dahanu Taluka,Palghar District, Maharashtra State, India

Dakshata Patil, Shivangi Chaudhari, Jayananda Tosh

Abstract :

The present study deals with wild edible plants used by Dahanu tribes of Palghar District. A total of 26 species of edible plants are documented in which 11 species are consumed as leafy vegetables, 08 are fruits, 06 are edible tubers and rhizome, 03 species of flower.The main aim of, this research is to record different uses of wild edible species by the rural people uses in traditional way of wild edible plant and reduces the problem of malnutrition.