Study of some wild edible plants of Bastar District with special reference to Muriya Tribes
Mukta Shrivastava
Department of Botany, Govt. M.L.B. Girls P.G. (Auto.) College, Bhopal-462008 (India) email ID - mukta.shrivastava07@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Tribal people are undoubtedly the repository of accumulated experience and knowledge of vast indigenous flora and fauna. Bastar is the biggest district of Chhattisgarh (former Madhya Pradesh) is populated by many tribes but the Muria tribe has got its own importance. The present study includes 34 wild edible plants of Bastar district which are used as food by Muria tribe of the district.