ETHNOBOTANICAL INVESTIGATION OF WILD EDIBLE FOOD PLANTS IN CENTRAL MALNAD REGION OF KARNATAKA, INDIAKumaraswamy Udupa E.S. and Abhijit H.U.Abstract The present study clearly gives the relationship between the local people and traditional knowledge about wild food plants in Central Western Ghats. The community peoples of this region have good traditional knowledge about varieties of wild food plants which were used in their daily life for food and medicine. This study aims to explore the relationship and traditional knowledge between the local inhabiting people and wild edible plants by using interview method from 2016-2019. A total of 107 species, belonging to 91genera and 49 families were documented from the study site. |