Open AccessExploration of Wild Edible Plants Used as Food by Gaddis-A Tribal Community of the Western Himalaya
Author(s) -
Arti Thakur,
Supriya Singh,
Sunil Puri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the scientific world journal/thescientificworldjournal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 2356-6140
pISSN - 1537-744X
DOI - 10.1155/2020/6280153
Subject(s) - habit , polygonaceae , edible plants , biology , botany , agriculture , geography , ecology , psychology , psychotherapist
A survey of wild edible plants of Gaddi tribes of Himachal Pradesh was carried out in Chamba and Kangra districts of Himachal Pradesh located in Western Himalayas. The inhabitants subsisted primarily on pastoralism and agriculture and have traditional knowledge on wild edible plants. A total of 49 edible plants belonging to 24 families were recorded in the study area. These were commonly used as vegetables, fruits, spices, and chutney. Nearly half of the species belong to Polygonaceae and Rosaceae families. Herbs, shrubs, climbers, and trees form the habit of these plants. The highest proportion of edible species were herbs (29) followed by trees (10), shrubs (8), climber (1), and Morchella esculenta (fungi) (1).