Edible Leaves
Edible Leaves
S. No.
|
Botanical name/Common name
|
Family
|
Edible part
|
1
|
Abelmoschus manihot (H)
|
Malvaceae
|
Leaves are cooked and eaten
|
2
|
Bacopa monnieri (H)
(Brahmi)
|
Scrophulariaceae
|
Leaves and tender stalks are eaten in West Bengal
|
3
|
Capparis spinosa (S)
(Ber, Kabra)
|
Capparidaceae
|
Used as green vegetable
|
4
|
Dendrocnide sinuata (S)
(Utigun)
|
Urticaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
5
|
Embelia subcoriacea (S)
|
Myrsinaceae
|
Cooked as vegetable
|
6
|
Fagopyrum cymosum (H)
|
Polygonaceae
|
Cooked as vegetable
|
7
|
Garcinia lanceafolia (T)
|
Clusiaceae
|
Cooked as vegetable
|
8
|
Hemidesmus indicus (S)
(Anantmul)
|
Asclepiadaceae
|
Leaves are chewed
|
9
|
Impatiens balsamina (H)
(Gulmendi)
|
Balsaminaceae
|
Edible
|
10
|
Lactuca serriola (H)
(Kahu)
|
Asteraceae
|
Used after cooking
|
11
|
Maclura cochinchinensis (S)
(Dammar, Kangu)
|
Moraceae
|
Edible
|
12
|
Natsiatum herpeticum (C)
|
Icacinaceae
|
Eaten as vegetable
|
13
|
Oenanthe javanica (H)
|
Apiaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
14
|
Paeonia emodi (H)
(Ud-salap)
|
Paeoniaceae
|
Eaten as vegetable
|
15
|
Ranunculus sceleratus (H)
|
Ranuculaceae
|
Used as vegetable after boiling
|
16
|
Salsola kali (S)
|
Chenopodiaceae
|
Tender shoots boiled and eaten
|
17
|
Tamarindus indica (T)
(Amli, Imli)
|
Caesalpinaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
18
|
Urtica hyperborean (S)
|
Urticaceae
|
Used as vegetable (dried and fresh)
|
19
|
Vaccinium sprengelii (S)
|
Vacciniaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
20
|
Wrightia orborea (T)
|
Apocynaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
21
|
Zanthaxylum rhesta (T)
(Badrang)
|
Rutaceae
|
Used as vegetable
|
B- Bamboo, C- Climber, H- Herb, S- Shrub, T- Tree
Source: Dwivedi, A.P. Forests: The non-wood resources. Dehradun, IBD.