Edible Flowers
Edible Flowers
S. No.
|
Botanical name/Common name
|
Family
|
Edible part
|
1
|
Aisandra butyracea (T)
(Cheura, churli)
|
Sapotaceae
|
Flowers yield sweet syrup, nectar and soft floral parts are nutritive and edible
|
2
|
Alpinia galanga (H)
(Kalanjan)
|
Zingiberaceae
|
Eaten raw or pickled
|
3
|
Bauhinia variegata (T)
(Kachnar)
|
Caesalpiniaceae
|
Buds are eaten as vegetable, made into curries, pickled and eaten with curd
|
4
|
Callicarpa arborea (T)
|
Verbenaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
5
|
Dendrobium hookerianum (O)
|
Orchidaceae
|
Boiled and used as vegetable
|
6
|
Holarrhena antidysenterica (S)
(Kora, Kureya)
|
Apocynaceae
|
Edible
|
7
|
Indigofera cassioides (S)
(Hakna)
|
Fabaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
8
|
Madhuca longifolia (T)
(Mahua)
|
Sapotaceae
|
Corolla is eaten raw or cooked, stamens cooked with rice or made into sweet meats. Powdered flowers are mixed with flour to made chapatti. Liquor is distilled from corolla. Syrup extracted is used as a substitute of honey. Flowers are used in preparation of vinegar.
|
9
|
Oroxylum indicum (T)
(Arlu, Saona, Ullu)
|
Bignoniaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
10
|
Periploca aphylla (S)
|
Asclepiadaceae
|
Eaten raw or cooked as vegetable
|
11
|
Rhododendron arboreum (T)
(Burans)
|
Ericaceae
|
Eaten and made into preserves
|
12
|
Spondias pinnata (T)
(Amara, Jangli Am)
|
Anacardiaceae
|
Used in curry
|
13
|
Thespesia populnea (T)
(Gajadanda)
|
Malvaceae
|
Eaten raw or cooked in butter
|
14
|
Vaccinium vacciniaceum (S)
|
Vacciniaceae
|
Used in curries
|
15
|
Woodfordia fruticosa (S)
(Dawi, Dhau)
|
Lythraceae
|
Eaten cooked
|
16
|
Zanthoxylum rhetsa (T)
(Badrang)
|
Rutaceae
|
Cooked as vegetable
|
H- Herb, O- Orchid, S- Shrub, T- Tree
Source: Dwivedi, A.P. Forests: The non-wood resources. Dehradun, IBD.