Wild vegetables

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raju das

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Jan 2, 2011, 9:41:36 AM1/2/11

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Dear all,

I think I have missed the VEGETABLE Week. Anyway, I have attached some wild vegetables used by the ethnic communities in Assam. Among these young succulent bamboo (Bambusa balcooa , Melancomea bambusoides etc) shoots are used as food by almost all the people of North East India. Sprouting of Bamboo starts during the month of April and becoming fit for collection by May-June. The newly formed Bamboo sprouts are collected from both wild and cultivated varieties during spring, early summer or just onset of monsoon. Some other wild vegetable are Oxalis corniculata (tender leafy shoots are eaten), Monochoria hastata (flowers),Pygmaeopremna herbacea (Tender leaves, good for jaundice), Oroxylum indicum (Flower). I have recorded 30 such non conventional wild vegetables from the western Assam.

Regards,

Raju Das

Bamboo shoots.jpg

Oxalis corniculata L..jpg

Pygmaeopremna herbacea.jpg

Oroxylum indicum.jpg

Monochoria hastata.jpg

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