aDepartment of Botany, Malda College, Malda, West Bengal, India. E-mail: mono_malda@yahoo.co.in
bSalaidanga High School, Malda, West Bengal, India. E-mail: m.rajrupa79@gmail.com
1Corresponding author
Online published on 7 August, 2013.
This work highlighting those plants (Angiosperm and Pteridophytes) used as leafy vegetable and wild fruits among the different local and tribal peoples in the remote areas of the district Maldah. A total of 84 angiosperms belong to 71 genera representing 46 families and 2 species of Pteridophytes belong to 2 genera representing 2 families have been enlisted from the district. Different parts of wild plants like leaves, young twig, seeds, petiole, rhizome etc are generally used as vegetables.
Ethnic community, wild edible, vascular plants, tribal or local community, Maldah
