The paper deals with the nutrient analysis of eleven edible underground plant parts of South Odisha, India, most of which are used by the tribal/ rural people at the time of food scarcity. The nutritive value such as crude protein, total sugar, total lipid, vitamin B and vitamin C content of the selected edible underground plant parts were analysed. The plants with edible underground parts collected for nutritional analysis are Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson (Amorphophallus campanulatus Decne.), Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, Curcuma angustifolia Roxb., Dioscorea alata L., D. oppositifolia L., D. wallichii Hook. f. (bulbil and rhizome), Musa × paradisiaca L., Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn., Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f., Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (L.) Domin (Raphanus sativus L.).
Keywords
Edible Underground Plant Parts, Nutritive Value, South Odisha, Tribal People.
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