Nutritional composition of wild edible fruits in Meghalaya state of India and their ethno-botanical importance

Research Journal of Botany

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 58-67

  Seal, Tapan ^a  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Mineral contents; Nutritional composition; Traditional use; Wild edible fruits

Indexed keywords

COMBRETACEAE; FABACEAE; MORACEAE; MORELLA NAGI; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS INDICA; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; PARKIA ROXBURGHII; PRUNUS; ROSACEAE; TERMINALIA BELLIRICA;

EID: 79959663973     PISSN: 18164919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjb.2011.58.67     Document Type: Article

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