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Wild Edible Fruits Of Eastern Ghats Of India: A Review

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Kalpana Singhdeo, Soumya Ranjan Dash, Pratyush Kumar Karjee, Rameswari Bal, Manas Kumar Sarangi,KP Saswati Swetalina
ยป doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.5.2024.6533-6558

Abstract

Fruit which is one of the immense gifts of mother nature to human being plays a supreme role in nourishment. It may be represented the mature ovary of a flower and found either fleshy or nut. These are commonly cultivated and also flourish in wild condition. Wild edible fruit plants flourish in their natural dwelling places which are directly consumed as food in contrast cultivated fruits varieties are planted for economical purpose (Sharma et al., 2017; Beluhan and Ranogajec, 2010). The different edible parts of fruits like pericarps , fleshy endocarp, placentas, arils, seeds, kernels and fleshy peduncle are consumed by various tribal people in remote areas.. The proper method to consume wild edible fruits is to eat unprocessed but some fruits are eaten in different forms such as dried, preparing as juice or sarbat,, candid or pickle or desserts etc. Some dry fruits are also utilized for making beverages.

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