Edible wild plants used by Gond tribes in Sidhi district
Kanhaiya Lal Kumhar*
Department of Botany, S.V.P.S.P.G. College, Umarria-452001 (India)
ABSTRACT
Most of Gond tribals of Sidhi District live in remote forest areas. These tribals have got the knowledge of edible wild plants from their ancestors. This information and knowledge is given by one generation to another. The tribals use fruits, flowers leaves, stems, and roots, etc of some plants as food. But some time they fell sick or die by unknowingly eating poisonous plants or mushrooms. Now gradually they are adopting farming, but still most of the tribals of Kusumi are dependent on botanical resources and they collect seasonal fruits & roots of seasonal and perennial plants. The tribes want to live independently and they do not want out side interference. The present investigation reports 40 species of plants which are used as food by the tribals of this area.