The wild edible plants (WEPs) form an important constituent of traditional diets of the tribal community of Jharkhand. Most of the rural populations residing in different parts of Jharkhand depend on plants and their parts to fulfil their daily needs and have developed unique knowledge about their utilization. The present study has been conducted to document the indigenous knowledge related to the diversity and uses of wild edible weeds in day to day life of tribal in Jharkhand. A total of 77 different herbs, shrubs, and small trees have been recorded belonging to 38 families of which 73 are edible either as a vegetable or as medicine or in both forms directly or after proper processing. The common wild edible herbs frequently distributed in the study area are Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. (51 quadrats out of 134) and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (47 quadrats out of 134). Similarly, the most frequent edible shrubs are Clerodendrum viscosum Vent., nom. superfl. (40), Lantana camara L. (35), Croton oblongifolius Roxb. (34) and Flemingia stobilifera (L.) R.Br. (20). The diversity of WEPs in Jharkhand has found to be depleted due to their over exploitation and unsustainable harvesting for foods, medicines as well as because of various other biotic interferences including grazing, herbivory and anthropogenic fire. Therefore, there is
an urgent need to conserve these valuable Wild edible plants (WEPs) and use it in a sustainable manner to ensure future demand. Besides, further research is also warrant to explore the therapeutic potentials as well the nutritive values of WEPs, so that, it can give a scientific basis for the further development of herbal drugs and traditional foods.


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贾坎德邦的野生食用植物及其功利主义观点

野生食用植物（WEP）构成了贾坎德邦部落社区传统饮食的重要组成部分。居住在贾坎德邦不同地区的大多数农村人口都依靠植物及其部分来满足其日常需求，并已掌握有关其利用的独特知识。进行本研究以记录与贾坎德邦部落日常生活中野生食用杂草的多样性和用途有关的土著知识。总共记录了38个科的77种不同的药草，灌木和小乔木，其中73种既可以作为蔬菜也可以作为药物食用，也可以直接或经过适当加工后以两种形式食用。在研究区域中经常分布的常见野生食用草药是Hemidesmus indicus R. Br。（134个中有51个夸脱）和Cynodon actacton（L.）（134个中的47个quadras）。同样，最常见的食用灌木是粘液蜡毛油菌（Clerodendrum viscosum Vent。，nom）。超级 （40），马tana丹（Lantana camara L.）（35），巴豆（Croton oblongifolius Roxb）。（34）和弗莱明亚（Flemingia stobilifera）（L.）（20）。贾坎德邦的WEP多样性已被耗尽，原因是它们的过度开发和对食品，药品的不可持续收割，以及由于其他各种生物干扰，包括放牧，食草和人为火灾。因此，有 药物以及其他各种生物干扰因素，包括放牧，食草和人为火灾。因此，有 药物以及其他各种生物干扰因素，包括放牧，食草和人为火灾。因此，有
迫切需要保护这些珍贵的野生食用植物（WEP），并以可持续的方式使用它来确保将来的需求。此外，进一步的研究也有必要探索WEP的治疗潜力以及其营养价值，从而为进一步开发草药和传统食品提供科学依据。