|
S. No.
|
Botanical name/Common name
|
Family
|
Edible part
|
|
1
|
Alocasia macrorhiza
(Mankanda)
|
Araceae
|
Stem eaten in curries after cooking
|
|
2
|
Alternanthera sessils (H)
|
Amaranthaceae
|
Young shoots used as vegetable
|
|
3
|
Bambusa balcooa (T)
|
Bambusaceae
|
Tender shoots used as vegetable, pickled, curry etc.
|
|
4
|
Casearia esculenta (T)
|
Flacourtiaceae
|
Tender shoots eaten in curries
|
|
5
|
Dendrocalamus giganteus (B)
|
Bambusaceae
|
Young plants used as vegetable and other products
|
|
6
|
Enhydra fluctuans (H)
(Harkuch)
|
Asterceae
|
Tender shoots used as vegetable
|
|
7
|
Ficus virens (T)
(Kahimal, Pilkhan)
|
Moraceae
|
Young shoots used as vegetable
|
|
8
|
Girardinia diversifolia (H)
|
Urticaceae
|
Young shoots used as vegetable
|
|
9
|
Hemidesmus indicus (S)
(Anantamul, Kapuri)
|
Asclepiadaceae
|
Peeling of stem taken as tonic by tribals in Maharashtra
|
|
10
|
Ipomoea aquatica (H)
(Karmi, Patuasag)
|
Convolvulaceae
|
Young shoots used as vegetable
|
|
11
|
Leea indica (T)
|
Leeaceae
|
Tender shoots used as vegetable
|
|
12
|
Malva rotundifolia (H)
|
Malvaceae
|
Tender shoots eaten in salad
|
|
13
|
Natsiatum herpeticum (T)
|
Icacinaceae
|
Tender shoots cooked as vegetable
|
|
14
|
Oenanthe javanica (H)
|
Apiaceae
|
Whole plant used as vegetable
|
|
15
|
Paederia scandens (S)
(Gandhali, Somaraji)
|
Rubiaceae
|
Young shoots used as vegetable
|
|
16
|
Ranunculus sceleratus (H)
|
Ranunculaceae
|
Herbs used as vegetable
|
|
17
|
Sarcochlamys pulcherrima (S or T)
|
Urticaceae
|
Young shoots used as vegetable
|
|
18
|
Solanum nigrum (H)
(Makoi)
|
Solanaceae
|
Young shoots cooked and eaten
|
|
19
|
Tetrastigma thomsonianum (C)
|
Vitaceae
|
Tender stems cooked and eaten
|
|
20
|
Urtica hyperborea (S)
|
Urticaceae
|
Tender shoots eaten as vegetable
|