Wild Plants for Tribal Food and Medicine

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Wild edible fruits. 2. Wild edible leaves. 3. Wild edible tubers. 4. Wild edible flowers. References. Index.

This book is the most comprehensive and updated synthesis ever made available on wild plants for tribal food and medicine and is a valuable addition to the biodiversity literature with global and regional relevance. It covers a wide range of wild plants such as fruit, leaves, flowers, and tubers used by different tribal communities. These less familiar wild plants possess great potential as a good alternative source of food to alleviate hunger and malnutrition. It also highlights the Botany of wild plants and their food value and medicinal importance. The book will be of immense value to all those who directly or indirectly deal with wild crops, including students, teachers, researchers, naturalists, environmentalists, resource managers, planners, government agencies, NGOs and the general public at large. I am sure the book will be popular among nutritionists, Biologists, Agricultural Scientists, teachers and Students of Biodiversity, Botany and Life Sciences.