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Wild Edible Plants of Kashmir-Some less Known Vegetable Substitutes and Beverages


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1 Department of Biosciences, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
 

Twenty wild plants: Coronopus didymus L., Dipsacus mitis D. Don, Eremurus persicus Boiss., Gagea stipitata Merkl., G. dshungarica Rgl., G. elegans Wall., G. kashmiriensis Turril, Lactuca serriola L., Lamium amplexicaule L., Melilotus albus Medikus, M. indica All., Ranunculus arvensis L., R. muricatus L., Scandix pecten-venaris L., Silone conoidea L., Silene cucubalis Wibel., Sisymbrium loesolii L., Tulipa clusiana DC., Bergenia ligulata (Wall.) Engl. and Indigofera gerardiana Wall. ex. Baker have been reported to be used as vegetable substitutes or as beverages. Various portions of these plants are consumed by people of hilly areas of Kashmir.
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A. K. Koul
Department of Biosciences, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
J. L. Karihaloo
Department of Biosciences, University of Jammu, Jammu, India
Irshad A. Hamal
Department of Biosciences, University of Jammu, Jammu, India

Abstract


Twenty wild plants: Coronopus didymus L., Dipsacus mitis D. Don, Eremurus persicus Boiss., Gagea stipitata Merkl., G. dshungarica Rgl., G. elegans Wall., G. kashmiriensis Turril, Lactuca serriola L., Lamium amplexicaule L., Melilotus albus Medikus, M. indica All., Ranunculus arvensis L., R. muricatus L., Scandix pecten-venaris L., Silone conoidea L., Silene cucubalis Wibel., Sisymbrium loesolii L., Tulipa clusiana DC., Bergenia ligulata (Wall.) Engl. and Indigofera gerardiana Wall. ex. Baker have been reported to be used as vegetable substitutes or as beverages. Various portions of these plants are consumed by people of hilly areas of Kashmir.