Edible Forest Products

Edible Products

Forests are the rich source of genetic diversity and they provide the store house of gene pool for many known and unknown plant species valued for food purposes. On the basis of edible parts, plants found in the forests are classified as follows:

(i) Plants yielding edible fruits

(ii) Plants yielding edible stems and tubers

(iii) Plants yielding edible leaves

(iv) Plants yielding edible seeds

(v) Plants yielding edible flowers

(vi) Plants yielding edible underground roots and rhizomes