NTFP: VEGETABLES

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image

1. Leek (English) Allium ampeloprasum L. Both wild and cultivated. Whole plant is edible

2. Kumthumbal / Mankachu(Bengali)

Alocasia indica (Roxb.)Schott. Stem and tuber is edible.

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3. Gandhak(Bengali) Alocasia odora (Roxb.) Koch. Both wild and cultivated. Whole plant is edible

4. Mon kachu / boro

kachu(Bengali) Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don ,,

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) Chaulai(Hindi)

Amaranthus viridis L. ,,

7. Batama(Bengali)

Suran(Hindi) Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson Syn- Amorphophallus campanulata

Both wild and cultivated. Whole plant is edible

8. Bagduga (Bengali) Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.) Blume Stem and tuber is edible.

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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.

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13. Dalo bupham(Bengali)

Bathua(Hindi) Chenopodium album L. -

14. Ivy gourd(English) Tela Kochu(Bengali) kundaru(Hindi)

Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt -

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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) Dioscorea alata 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. -

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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.

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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)

Sajna(Bengali) Sahjan(Hindi)

Moringa oleifera Lam Also used in medicine

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)

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35. Tree bean(English)

Longchak(Bengali) Parkia javanica (Lamk.) Merr. -

36. Mai shak (Bengali) Polycarpon prostratum (Forssk.) Ashers &

Scheweinf. - -----------

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image

37. Purslane(English) Nunia sag(Bengali) Atka bwsali(Kokborok) Lunia(Hindi)

Portulaca oleracea L. -

38. Arrowhead (English) Sagittaria sagittifolia L. - ------------ 39. August flower(English)

Agati(Hindi) Bak phul(Bengali)

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poiret. -

40. Ban-begun(Bengali) Khamkha (Kokborok)

Solanum anguivi Lamk. -

Most Widely used plants Sl. No Common Name Botanical name Uses Image

41. Bekair/gurkhami/ tit begun(Bengali)

Solanum indicum auct. non L. -

42. Putki begun (Bengali)

Makoi(Hindi) Solanum nigrum L. -

43. Brehanti(Bengali) Solanum torvum Sw -

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44. Ram begun(Bengali) Solanum stramoniifolium Jacq. -

45. Jingina (Bengali) Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.

Also used in medicine --------

46. Marhata Tiga(Kokborok) Ghundi(Hindi)

Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC. Also used in medicine

47. Ghet Kochu/ tharkon (Bengali)

Typhonium trilobatum (L.) Schott -

Lesser Widely Used Plants

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48. Adamanitara (Bengali) Alpinia nigra (Gaertn.) B.L.Burtt Syn –Alpinia allughas (Retz.) Roscoe

Also used in medicine

49. - Begonia roxburghii A.DC.

Also used in medicine -------------

50. Chapok(Bengali) Brassaiopsis griffithii C.B. Clarke -

51. Brikha fern (Bengali) Cycas pectinata Buch.-Ham.

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52. Subabul (Bengali) Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit -

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53. Chocolate Weed(English) Dupure chandi(Bengali) Chitrabeej(Hindi)

Melochia corchorifolia L. -

54. Perilla(English)

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

55. Bharangi(Hindi)

Bamanhati(Bengali) Weylan (Kokborok)

Premna esculenta Roxb. -

56. -

Premna mollissima Roth -

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57. Shimia batraji (Bengali) Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC. - ----------

58. Saibra / Zaibra(English) Tetrastigma angustifolia (Roxb.) Deb

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59. Bengal trumpet(English)

Neel lata(Hindi) Neel lota(Bengali)

Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottler) Roxb. -