Traditional use and role of wild edible fern Diplazium esculentum and Pteridium aquilinum in socio-economic development of District Mandi of Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya

Tara Devi¹

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Vol.7 , Issue.6 , pp.44-50, Dec-2020

Online published on Dec 31, 2020

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Abstract :
Present study has been conducted in (31°42` 29.4" N latitudes and 76° 55` 52.92" E longitudes) Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, North West Himalaya. It covers approximately 3,950 km2 area comprising 469 panchayats and 3374 villages with 2, 19, 145 households. The total human populations is 9, 99,777 and livestock population is 67355. District Mandi is endowed with rich floristic diversity and offers a rich source of wild food plants. Diplazium esculentum and Pteridium aquilinum are wild growing popular edible fern of District Mandi of Himachal Pradesh locally known as Lingad and Lingdu. Rural community in hills of district Mandi are directly and indirectly involved in collection and processing of these wild edible fern. They sell these ferns fresh and pickled. Value addition raises market value of these food plants up to 30 to 50%, as Diplazium esculentum is sold fresh at the price of Rs 40 to 80/kg in local market and its pickle is sold at comparatively high price of Rs 400 to 450/kg. Pickle is very much liked by local people and sold in local and national or international fair of Mandi region. It is served with local dishes like ‘siddu’ and ‘kachouri’ and is good source of earning for inhabitants of study area. Focused study on role and use of wild edible food plants at genus and species level was not done earlier, so present study was done to assess Traditional use and role of wild edible fern Diplazium esculentum and Pteridium aquilinum in socio-economic development of District Mandi of Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Wild food plants, Capacity building, Rural community, Economic potential

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