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Table 5 Micro-nutrients in selected wetland edible plant species (values are ± SD).

From: Dietary use and conservation concern of edible wetland plants at indo-burma hotspot: a case study from northeast India

Botanical name

Iron (ppm)

Magnesium (ppm)

Copper (ppm)

Zinc (ppm)

Alpinia galanga

1.25 ± 0.30

3.10 ± 0.67

0.03 ± 0.001

0.45 ± 0.12

Centella asiatica

0.85 ± 0.07

0.72 ± 0.14

0.12 ± 0.01

1.24 ± 0.23

Colocasia esculenta

0.58 ± 0.12

3.14 ± 0.32

0.05 ± 0.01

2.87 ± 0.25

Jusiaea repens

0.90 ± 0.15

2.77 ± 0.23

0.16 ± 0.01

1.13 ± 0.30

Eleocharis dulcis

0.67 ± 0.02

0.42 ± 0.09

0.08 ± 0.003

1.32 ± 0.13

Jusiaea suffruticosa

0.75 ± 0.18

0.82 ± 0.11

0.09 ± 0.02

0.33 ± 0.11

Lemanea australis

0.65 ± 0.22

-

31.20 ± 2.56

62.40 ± 3.50

Marsilea minuta

0.68 ± 0.34

0.71 ± 0.15

0.09 ± 0.02

0.21 ± 0.10

Oxalis corniculata

0.90 ± 0.12

1.85 ± 0.16

0.15 ± 0.10

1.13 ± 0.45

Polygonum barbatum

0.071 ± 0.001

2.02 ± 0.40

0.04 ± 0.01

2.95 ± 0.45

Sagittaria sagittifolia

1.30 ± 0.20

0.78 ± 0.21

0.14 ± 0.02

0.74 ± 0.22

Viola pilosa

0.66 ± 0.15

3.35 ± 0.33

0.04 ± 0.01

1.260.21

Zizania latifolia

0.85 ± 0.21

3.34 ± 0.21

0.12 ± 0.06

4.71 ± 1.45

  1. - not analyzed