Article,
Wild Edible Plants Used by Rural Population in District Poonch, J&K, India
Central Asian Journal of Medical and Natural Science, 2 (6): 491-497 (December 2021)
Abstract
Wild edible plants refers to the uncultivated plants which are used as substitute of staple food by the people especially during scarcity of food. The present study was conducted to document the wild edible plants used by the rural people in district Poonch. During the study it was found that rural population still use wild plants as food and a total of 58 plant species belonging to 52 genera and 41 families were reported in the study area. Rosaceae was the dominant family with 6 species followed by Moraceae and polygonaceae with 4 and 3 species respectively. Beside using these plants as source of food, some plants like Amaracthus viridis L., Diplazium esculeuntum(Retz.) Sw, Juglans regia L., Punica granatum L. Prunus armeniaca L. etc are used as source of income generation.
