• K. B. Theng
• R. S. Gaikwad

Present investigation concerns with exploration of wild vegetables information from local people of Sangrampur taluka of Buldhana district, Maharashtra. This study revealed that 32 wild vegetables belong to 24 different families consumed by tribal and other local people of this area. Mostly wild vegetables used as a source of food but also enlisted as medicinal plants. Genetically modified crops, hybrid verities are commercially cultivated on large scale without maintaining quality of food which results in micronutrients deficiency problem. A wild vegetable provides food security as well as source of income for local people in different season. Wild vegetables are rich in carbohydrates, vitamins, micronutrients, proteins, fibers that maintain health and boast immunity to protect against infection. Further research is necessary for determination of taxonomical, nutritional and phytochemical properties of wild vegetables for their safety used as alternative dietary source of human diet.

Wild vegetables, Tribal, Edible plants, Micronutrients, Sangrampur.

"Exploration and documentation of some wild vegetables used by local peoples of Sangrampur taluka of Buldhana district, Maharashtra (India).", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.255-259, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFO06043.pdf

"Exploration and documentation of some wild vegetables used by local peoples of Sangrampur taluka of Buldhana district, Maharashtra (India).", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. pp255-259, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFO06043.pdf