• Himani Sandey
• Lata Sharma

During present investigation a detailed survey of leafy vegetables used by tribal population of various areas of Kondagaon district of Bastar Chhattisgarh have been made. In general, it is assumed that about 36 species of plants are used as the source of leafy vegetables in the state of Chhattisgarh. There are 64 ethno-medicinal leafy plants recorded. Which were distributed over various life forms. Among these, 6 were tree species, 2 were shrubs, 46 were herbs and 10 were climber species but it was amazing to note during the survey work that almost 64 plant species were found to be used in different areas like, Farasgaon, Makadi, Keshkal, Bade-Rajpur, Dongriguda, Dhanawra, Baskot, Bhandarshivini, Kanera etc. of Kondagaon district. Important of these plants were Cordia subcordata (Bodi), Polygonum plebeium (Chanti), Hibiscus sabdariffa (Jhirra), Borreria hispida (Gundru), Asteracantha longifolia (Mokhla), Celastrus paniculatus (Peng), Celosia argentea (Siliyari), Ficus religiosa (Pikadi), Sphaeranthus indicus (Gorakhmudi), Cleome viscosa (Balakut), Achyranthes aspera (Chirchida), Commelina benghalensis (Kenna), Amaranthus spinosus (Kanta) etc. Many of the vegetables also serve as the source of herbal remedies for the local people in the treatment of arthirities, jaundice, cold and cough, fever, headache, bronchial asthma, ulcers, skin troubles etc.

Keywords: Leafy vegetables, roughage, ethnomedicinal, sociobiology, nutrients.

"A Survey on the Leafy Vegetables of Kondagaon area of Bastar Chhattisgarh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.325-337, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907E48.pdf

"A Survey on the Leafy Vegetables of Kondagaon area of Bastar Chhattisgarh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp325-337, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907E48.pdf