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Ethnobotanical study on wild edible fruits, spices and aquatic plants traditionally used by the Garo tribe of Meghalaya

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Title Ethnobotanical study on wild edible fruits, spices and aquatic plants traditionally used by the Garo tribe of Meghalaya
 
Creator Singh, K D
Mathew, B
 
Subject Ethnobotany
Garo tribe
Nutraceutical
Traditional food
Wild edible fruits
 
Description 117-121
An ethnobotanical study was carried out in the West Garo Hills situated in the north-eastern hilly region of India during 2015-2017 to identify and document the wild edible fruits, spices and aquatic plants used by the Garo tribe for their nutraceutical properties. The study area is situated between the latitude 90o30’and 89o40’E and the longitude 26oand 25o 20’ N. It was found that there were 43 wild edible fruit species belonging to 25 families were ethnobotanically significant for the Garo tribes. Of these wild edible fruits, 36 species were trees followed by the five shrubs and two creepers/climbers. It was also observed that the Garo tribe used 19 species of wild edible plants belonging to nine families as spices to enrich their food. Most of the spice plants used by the Garo tribe belong to Zingiberaceae and Rutaceae family. They were grouped under herbs (10 species), shrubs (6 species), trees (2 species) and creepers (1 species). Rhizomes, leaves and flowers/inflorescence were commonly used plant parts. Among the aquatic plants five species were used by the Garo tribe as vegetable, spices and medicines.
 
Date 2021-02-24T07:06:15Z
2021-02-24T07:06:15Z
2021-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/56296
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. Cl.21: A61K 36/185, A61K 9/00, A23L 5/40, A23B 9/00
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.20(1) [January 2021]