NTFP: VEGETABLES

Most Widely used Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 1. Leek (English) Allium ampeloprasum L. Both wild and cultivated. Whole is edible

2. Kumthumbal / indica (Roxb.)Schott. Stem and tuber is edible. Mankachu(Bengali) Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 3. Gandhak(Bengali) Alocasia odora (Roxb.) Koch. Both wild and cultivated. Whole plant is edible

4. Mon kachu / boro Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don ,, kachu(Bengali)

5. Kata naute(Bengali) Amaranthus spinosus L. Whole plant is edible.

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 6. Marissag/ shak natey(Bengali) Amaranthus viridis L. ,, Chaulai(Hindi)

7. Batama(Bengali) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson Both wild and cultivated. Whole Suran(Hindi) Syn- Amorphophallus campanulata plant is edible

8. Bagduga (Bengali) Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume Stem and tuber is edible. Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 9. Ooa (Bengali) Amorphophallus muelleri Blume ,,

10. Pui shakh(Bengali) Basella alba L. -

11. Baikam (Bengali) Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. - Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 12. Jack bean (English) - Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.

13. Dalo bupham(Bengali) Chenopodium album L. - Bathua(Hindi)

14. Ivy gourd(English) Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt - Tela Kochu(Bengali) kundaru(Hindi)

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 15. Kochu /Mukhikachu(Bengali) Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott. Both wild and cultivated. Whole plant is edible.

16. Jatakanchira(Bengali) Commelina paludosa Blume ------17. Chupri alu(Bengali) L. -

18. Banaalu(Bengali) Dioscorea bulbifera L. -

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 19. Suthnialu/ susnialu(Bengali) Dioscorea esculenta L. -

20. Ganga allo(Bengali) Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook. f. -

21. suaralu(Bengali) Dioscorea pentaphylla L. -

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 22. kukuralu(Bengali) Dioscorea puber Blume -

23. Deki shak(Bengali) Diplazium polypoides Bory. -

24. Kachuripana(Bengali) Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms Stem is edible. Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 25. Alencha Sakh(Bengali) Enhydra fluctuans Lour. Also used in medicine .

26. Pilekulu(Kokborok) Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume) Cogn. -

27. Kalmisak/Kalmi (Bengali) - Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 28. Shim/ Ushi /Urushi. (Bengali) Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet Also used in medicine

29. Kanta kachu(Bengali) Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites

30. Simul alu. (Bengali) Manihot esculenta Crantz -

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 31. Chirichiri(Bengali) Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms Also used in medicine

32. Drumstick(English) Moringa oleifera Lam Also used in medicine Sajna(Bengali) Sahjan(Hindi) Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 33. Ram kala/Thor kala(Bengali) Musa acuminata Colla Unripe fruit, stem and inflorescence is edible.

34. Khari shakh(Bengali) Neptunia oleracea Lour. - Syn- Neptunia prostrata (Baillon)

35. Tree bean(English) Parkia javanica (Lamk.) Merr. - Longchak(Bengali)

36. Mai shak (Bengali) Polycarpon prostratum (Forssk.) Ashers & ------Scheweinf. Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 37. Purslane(English) Portulaca oleracea L. - Nunia sag(Bengali) Atka bwsali(Kokborok) Lunia(Hindi)

38. Arrowhead (English) Sagittaria sagittifolia L. ------39. August flower(English) Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poiret. - Agati(Hindi) Bak phul(Bengali)

40. Ban-begun(Bengali) Solanum anguivi Lamk. - Khamkha (Kokborok) Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 41. Bekair/gurkhami/ tit Solanum indicum auct. non L. - begun(Bengali)

42. Putki begun (Bengali) Solanum nigrum L. - Makoi(Hindi)

43. Brehanti(Bengali) Solanum torvum Sw -

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 44. Ram begun(Bengali) - Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq.

45. Jingina (Bengali) Also used in medicine ------Spilanthes acmella (L.) L. 46. Marhata Tiga(Kokborok) Also used in medicine Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC. Ghundi(Hindi)

47. Ghet Kochu/ tharkon - Typhonium trilobatum (L.) Schott (Bengali)

Lesser Widely Used Plants Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 48. Adamanitara (Bengali) Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) B.L.Burtt Also used in medicine Syn –Alpinia allughas (Retz.) Roscoe

49. - Also used in medicine ------Begonia roxburghii A.DC. 50. Chapok(Bengali) Brassaiopsis griffithii C.B. Clarke -

51. Brikha fern (Bengali) ------Cycas pectinata Buch.-Ham. 52. Subabul (Bengali) - Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 53. Chocolate Weed(English) - Melochia corchorifolia L. Dupure chandi(Bengali) Chitrabeej(Hindi)

54. Perilla(English) Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton - Bhanjira(Hindi)

55. Bharangi(Hindi) - Premna esculenta Roxb. Bamanhati(Bengali) Weylan (Kokborok)

56. - - Premna mollissima Roth Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image 57. Shimia batraji (Bengali) ------Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. 58. Saibra / Zaibra(English) - Tetrastigma angustifolia (Roxb.) Deb

59. Bengal trumpet(English) - Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb. Neel lata(Hindi) Neel lota(Bengali)