ISHS Acta Horticulturae 826: I International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference on Culinary Herbs
LESS KNOWN WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE GUJJAR TRIBE OF DISTRICT RAJOURI, JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE-INDIA |
| Authors: | A. Rashid, V.K. Anand |
| Keywords: | wild edibles, Himalaya, nomadic life style, ecological imbalance, cultivated plants |
| Abstract:
District, Rajouri, a part of North-West Himalayan State of Jammu and Kashmir is comprised of a large variety of wild growing plants that are used for medicines, beverages, fruits, vegetables, and other substance including food, by the local communities. The region exhibits subtropical to temperate climatic conditions. Wild plants have provided an important source of food since time immemorial and even in the present scenario, Gujjar tribe living in this region depend considerably on the wild edible products of forests and they have accrued considerable knowledge in this field of potential interest. The people of Gujjar tribe follow a nomadic life style and are logistically as well as economically dependent on the plant resources for the fulfillment of their daily needs. A scientific study of wild edible plants is important for pin pointing the potential sources which could be utilized at the time of scarcity or during normal days or cultivated as a source of food materials for an ever increasing population, execution of unplanned developmental activities and anthropogenic factors have resulted in a serious ecological imbalance and degeneration of the biodiversity in this region. The paper presents an account of the wild edible plants of the area, magnitude of various pressures on the plant biodiversity, measures of mitigation, future scope and prospectus of wild edible plants of this region. | |
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