Botanical Name

Family

Common Name

Parts Used

Cereal Crops

Coix-lacryma jobi L.

Poaceae

Job’s tears

Seeds

Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

Poaceae

Foxtail millet

Seeds

Leafy Vegetables

Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.

Apiaceae

Indian penny wort

Young leaves

Clerodendrum glandulosum Lindl.

Verbenaceae

Glory hill bower

Young leaves

Elatostema platyphyllum Wedd.

Urticaceae

Elatostema

Young leaves

Lasia spinosa (L.) Thwaites

Araceae

Queen flower

Young leaves

Plantago erosa Wall.

Plantaginaceae

Common plaintain

Young leaves

Polygonum chinense L.

Polygonaceae

Chinese knotweed

Young leaves

Polygonum molle D. Don

Polygonaceae

Soft knot grass

Young leaves

Trichodesma khasianum C. B. Cl.

Boraginaceae

Trichodesma

Young leaves

Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum Edgew

Rutaceae

Badrang (Hin)

Young leaves

Fruits and Nuts

Actinidia callosa Lindl

Actinidiaceae

Wild kiwi

Mature fruit

Phyllanthus emblica L.

Euphorbiaceae

Goose berry

Mature fruit

Ficus auriculata Lour.

Moraceae

Roxburgh fig

Mature fruit

Ficus semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.

Moraceae

Drooping fig

Mature fruit

Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume)

Cucurbitaceae

Lard seed

Nut

Juglans regia L.

Juglandaceae

Wild walnut

Nut

Olax imbricata Roxb.

Olacaceae

Olax

Mature fruit

Rhus chinensis Mill.

Anacardiaceae

Nutgall tree

Mature seed

Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz

Anacardiaceae

Wild mango

Mature fruit

Stixis suaveolens (Roxburgh) Pierre

Capparaceae

Stixis

Mature fruit

Terminalia chebula Retz.

Combretaceae

Myrobalan

Mature fruit