Himalayan Wild Food Plants

Ficus racemosa-L - Umre

Urtica parviflora - Koogas

Euphorbia royleana - Chhoohin

Reinwardtia indica - Peenyan

Rhododendron arboretum - Buraans

Morchella esculenta - Guichchhee

Dioscorea spp. - Taradee

Fagopyrum esculentum moench - Phaphra

Opuntia dillenii - Drabhad chhoonh

Pinus geradiana (Wall. ex D. Don) - Chilgoza Pine

Cirsium arvense (L) Scop.- - Chiuli (च्युली)

Senna floribunda (Cav.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby - Allon (अललों)

Sparassis crispa (Wulfen) Fr.- Bakra (बकरा)

By stara1982 / August 21, 2024

Family: Sparassidaceae. Synonym: Clavaria crispa, Manina crispa, Masseeola crispa, Sparassis radicata.Common name: Cauliflower fungus, wood cauliflower mushroomLocal Name: Bakra (बकरा), Ban bakri Bakra is a wild edible mushroom...

Macrolepiota procera (Scop.) Singer. -Fri (फरि)

By stara1982 / August 8, 2024

Family: Agaricaceae Synonym: Agaricus annulatus var. annulatus; A. annulatus var. excoriates; A. antiquatus; A. colubrinus; A. procerus; A. squamosus; Amanita procera; Mastocephalus procerus; Leucocoprinus procerus; Macrolepiota olivascens.Common name: Parasol MushroomLocal...

Termitomyces spp.- Tatmor (टटमोर)

By stara1982 / July 26, 2024

Family: LyophyllaceaeCommon Name: Termite FungusLocal Name: Tatmor (टटमोर) Tatmor is a wild edible mushroom found in the Western Himalayas, emerging during the rainy...

Viburnum grandiflorum Wall. ex DC.-Klaene (कल्लैने)

By stara1982 / July 22, 2024

Family: Viburnaceae Synonyms: Viburnum foetens, Solenotinus nervosus, Viburnum foetens Decne.,Viburnum grandiflorum f. foetens.Common Name: Grand Viburnum, Himalayan Viburnum, cranberry bush, flowering viburnum, grand viburnum.Local...

Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi- Ban Kakri (बनकाकड़ी), Koudi kakri (कौड़ीकाकड़ी).

By stara1982 / June 14, 2024

Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)Common name: Creeping cucumberSynonyms: Bryonia amplexicaulisz, Bryonia heterophylla, Bryonia solena, Cucurbita sagittate, Harlandia bryonioides, Juchia hastata, Karivia amplexicaulis, Karivia sinuosa,...

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton- Stanganu (सतान्ग्नु), Bhanjira, Ban tulsi

By stara1982 / April 18, 2024

Family: LamiaceaeSynonyms: Melissa maxima, Mentha perilloides, Ocimum frutescens, Perilla albiflora, Perilla avium, Perilla ocimoides, Perilla shimadae, Perilla urticifolia.Common Name: Perilla, ShisoLocal Name: Stanganu (सतान्ग्नु) Bhanjira, Ban tulsi...

Solidago virgaurea L.-Pinja phool (पिंजा फूल )Chui-ghas.

By stara1982 / October 31, 2023

Family: AsteraceaeSynonyms:Aster minutus,Aster virgaurea,Dectis decurren,Doria virgaurea,Solidago alpestris,Solidago armena,Solidago cambrica,Solidago cantoniensis,Solidago caucasica,Solidago corsica,Solidago dahurica,Solidago gebleri,Solidago insularis,Solidago jailarum,Solidago japonica,Solidago lapponica,Solidago lapponica stenophylla,Solidago macrorrhiza,Solidago...

Trichosanthes cucumerina L. var. cucumerina-Jangali Parod (जंगलीपरोड ).

By stara1982 / September 11, 2023

Family: CucurbitaceaeSynonyms: Trichosanthes anguina LCommon Name: Snake GourdLocal Name: Jangali Parod (जंगली परोड ). Jangali Parod is an annual herbaceous climber that...

Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.-Fern –bel (फ़र्न वेल )

By stara1982 / September 4, 2023

Family: SchizaeaceaeSynonyms:Hydroglossum dissectum, Hydroglossum japonicum, Lygodium chaerophylloides, Lygodium chochinchinense, Lygodium dissectum, Lygodium mearnsii, Lygodium microphyllum, Lygodium microstachyum. Lygodium pubescens, Lygodium...

Solanum villosumMill.- Jangli Tamatar( जंगली टमाटर)

By stara1982 / August 16, 2023

. Family: SolanaceaeSynonyms: Solanum alatum, Solanum asperum, Solanum canescens, Solanum flavum, Solanum flavum, Solanum hildebrandtii , Solanum humile, Solanum incanumm Solanum kitaibelii, Solanum luteovirescensm Solanum luteum, Solanum miniatum, Solanum minutiflorum,Solanum morella luteum, Solanum nigrum alatum, Solanum nigrum...

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