Documentation of Wild Plant Tubers as Food Resources in Hassan District, Karnataka.

ABSTRACT

Hassan district is noted for its rich diversity of plant species apart from wetlands to flood plains serving the habitat requirement of several inhabitant communities and is unique in its nature by having rich diversity of wild edible plants. A number of cultivated food plants having their wild relatives such as Black pepper, Cardamom, Cinnamon and Curcuma etc. are present in the district. The present survey encompasses documentation of 29 wild tuberous plant species belonging to 15 family and 24 genera tabulated with botanical name, local name, and family, habit and habitat, mode of consumption and medicinal uses of the same.