Current Status Of Wild Edible Plants Consumed By The Local People Living In The Coal Field Region Of Jharia Block Of Dhanbad District Of Jharkhand

Abstract

Wild edible plants are the traditional as well as the primary source of food and medicine for the local people living in the rural areas of the coalfield region of Jharia block of Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. Due to lack of knowledge regarding the plants and its consumption it remains underutilized in most of the urban population and are gradually eliminating from the earth due to several anthropogenic activities and continuous mining. The aim of this study includes survey of wild edible plants and to analyse and catalogue such knowledge based on Relative Frequency Of Citation (RFC) and used value (UV).