The present study was conducted with the ethno-botanical survey, documentation and future potentialities of the wild edible fruits used through the tribal people of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs). The wild edible fruits play an important role in meeting the food and nutritionneeds of the tribal people living in the CHTs. This paper deals with documentation of 49 types of wild edible fruits plant speciesbelonging to 25 families used by the tribal people of CHTs. Their botanical names, families, local name, habit and fruit ripening time are discussed. Suggestions have been made to improve the quality (variety) of wild fruits through domestication, hybridization, grafting and also for their chemical analysis for improved food values and economic properties. Attempts should be taken to protect the wild edibles fruit species in the vanishing from natural forests. Also the general public should be encouraged to cultivate and use these wild fruits in addition to the conventional fruits by improving the varieties and nutritional value of the wild fruits through research.

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孟加拉国吉大港山区（CHTs）部落人民食用的野生食用水果的评估

本研究是通过吉大港山区（CHTs）部落人民使用的植物学调查，文献记录和未来潜力进行的。野生食用水果在满足居住在CHTs中的部落居民的食物和营养需求方面起着重要作用。本文讨论了CHT部落居民使用的25种科目中的49种野生食用水果植物物种。讨论了它们的植物名称，家庭，当地名称，习性和果实成熟时间。已经提出了通过驯化，杂交，嫁接以及通过化学分析以提高食品价值和经济特性来提高野生水果质量（品种）的建议。应该尝试保护那些从天然林中消失的野生食用水果。此外，应通过研究提高野生水果的品种和营养价值，鼓励普通大众在种植和使用这些野生水果之外，还增加常规水果的用途。