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Medicinal uses of few edible tuber crops by “Dongria Kandha” tribes of Kandhamal district of Odisha, India

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Title Medicinal uses of few edible tuber crops by “Dongria Kandha” tribes of Kandhamal district of Odisha, India
 
Creator Parida, S
Sarangi, M
 
Subject Dioscorea
Dongria Kandha
Edible tuber crops
Morphological parameters
Unpalatable
 
Description 122-131
This paper describes the systematic study of root and tuber crops consumed by “Dongria Kandha” tribes of two blocks of “Kandhamal” district of Odisha. Periodic surveys were conducted in 25 villages of these two blocks regarding the methods of uses of different wild and cultivated edible tuber crops. Total seven types of edible tuber crops were consumed by this tribe. As no specific reports are available on the tuber crops consumed as food and medicine by this tribe, therefore documentation of tuber crops relating to the methods of uses, along with the morphological parameters were recorded. During survey 10 species of Dioscorea genus were found to be consumed as food as well as medicine to cure various ailments. Among them two species were found to be bitter in taste and unpalatable when consumed raw. Various methods were applied by the tribes to make the tubers palatable. The methods of consumption of ten species of Dioscorea along with the medicinal uses to treat various diseases were described in this article. Therefore these crops are valued for food security and also play a vital role towards diminishing rural poverty as well as have significant contribution towards curing of various diseases.
 
Date 2021-02-24T07:03:43Z
2021-02-24T07:03:43Z
2021-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/56295
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. Cl.21: A61K 36/8945, A01D 82/02, G01N 30/52, A61K 9/00
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.20(1) [January 2021]