Ethnobotanical investigation of 'wild' food plants used by rice farmers in Kalasin, Northeast Thailand

Cruz-Garcia, Gisella S; Price, Lisa L

doi:10.1186/1746-4269-7-33

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Table 2 Growth form, life cycle, growth location, edible parts and additional uses of wild food plants.

From: Ethnobotanical investigation of 'wild' food plants used by rice farmers in Kalasin, Northeast Thailand

Scientific name	Growth form/Life cycle	Growth location(s)	Edible part(s)	Additional use(s)
Aizoaceae
Glinus oppositifolius (L.) Aug.DC.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field	whole aerial parts
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus viridis L.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field, home garden	shoot, whole aerial parts	medicine, fodder
Anacardiaceae
Mangifera caloneura Kurz	tree/P	woods, upland fields	fruit	timber, domestic
Spondias pinnata Kurz	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields, roadside	leaves, fruit	medicine, timber
Annonaceae
Polyalthia debilis Finet & Gagnep.	shrub/P	home garden, woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine
Polyalthia evecta Finet & Gagnep.	tree/P	home garden, woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine
Uvaria pierrei Finet & Gagnep.	climber/P	home garden, woods	fruit
Araceae
Amorphophallus sp.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field, woods	shoot
Araliaceae
Irvingia malayana Oliver	tree/P	rice field, woods	seed	medicine, timber, fuel, fodder
Arecaceae
Borassus flabellifer L.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, upland fields	flower, fruit, stem	medicine, handicraft
Calamus sp.	rattan/P	rice field, home garden, upland fields	shoot, fruit	domestic
Asclepiadaceae
Telosma minor Craib	climber/P	rice field, home garden, woods	shoot, flower, fruit	medicine
Basellaceae
Basella rubra L.	climber/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot	medicine
Bignoniaceae
Dolichandrone serrulata Seem.	tree/P	woods	flower	medicine
Oroxylum indicum Vent.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot, flower, fruit	medicine
Burseraceae
Canarium subulatum Guillaumin	tree/P	woods	seed	medicine, fuel, fodder
Campanulaceae
Lobelia begonifolia Wall.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field	whole aerial parts
Lobelia sp.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field	whole aerial parts
Clusiaceae
Cratoxylum formosum (Jack) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Dyer	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods	shoot, leaves, flower	fuel, domestic, dye
Garcinia cowa Roxb.	tree/P	rice field, woods	shoot, fruit
Compositae
Blumea balsamifera DC.	terrestrial herb/P	rice field	shoot	medicine, ritual
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field	whole aerial parts
Convolvulaceae
Cuscuta chinensis Lam.	climber/A	rice field, home garden, roadside	whole aerial parts
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.	terrestrial herb/P	roadside	shoot	medicine, fodder
Cucurbitaceae
Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt	climber/P	home garden, roadside	shoot, flower, fruit	medicine, fodder
Momordica charantia L.	climber/A	rice field, home garden	shoot, fruit	medicine
Ebenaceae
Diospyros rhodocalyx Kurz	tree/P	rice field, home garden	fruit	medicine
Euphorbiaceae
Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels	tree/P	rice field, home garden	shoot, fruit	medicine, ritual
Fagaceae
Castanopsis sp.	tree/P	woods	seed	medicine, fuel
Gnetaceae
Gnetum sp.	tree/P	rice field, woods	seed
Hydrocharitaceae
Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.	aquatic herb/P	rice field, swamps	whole aerial parts
Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) J.Vahl	aquatic herb/A	rice field, swamps	shoot, flower	medicine
Lauraceae
Cassytha filiformis L.	climber/P	rice field, home garden	leaves, flower, stalk of flower, stem
Lecythidaceae
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn.	tree/P	rice field, home garden	shoot, flower
Careya arborea Roxb.	tree/P	woods, upland fields	shoot, flower
Leguminosae
Adenanthera pavonina L.	tree/P	home garden, woods	shoot, flower
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.	shrub/P	rice field, home garden, upland fields	seed	medicine
Cassia siamea Lam.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields, roadside	shoot	medicine, cleaning
Dialium cochinchinense Pierre	tree/P	woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine, domestic
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields, roadside	shoot, leaves, fruit	medicine, fuel, fodder, auxiliary
Neptunia javanica Miq.	terrestrial herb/P	home garden, roadside, swamps	shoot
Neptunia oleracea Lour.	aquatic herb/p	rice field, swamps	shoot
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, roadside	fruit	fuel
Senna sophera (L.) Roxb.	shrub/P	rice field, home garden	shoot, flower, fruit	medicine
Sindora siamensis Teijsm. ex Miq.	tree/P	rice field, woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine
Tamarindus indica L.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields, roadside	shoot, fruit	medicine, timber, fuel, fodder, dye, cleaning
Xylia xylocarpa Taub. var kerrii (Craib & Hutch) I.C. Nielsen	tree/P	rice field, woods, upland fields	seed	medicine, timber
Liliaceae
Asparagus racemosus Willd.	terrestrial herb/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot
Limnocharitaceae
Limnocharis flava Buchenau	aquatic herb/A	rice field, swamps	shoot, flower, stalk of flower, fruit
Marsileaceae
Marsilea crenata C.Presl	aquatic herb/P	rice field	whole aerial parts	medicine
Meliaceae
Azadirachta indica A.Juss. var. indica	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot, flower	medicine, auxiliary
Azadirachta indica A.Juss. var. siamensis Valeton	tree/P	rice field, home garden	shoot, flower	medicine, timber, auxiliary
Menispermaceae
Cissampelos pareira L.	climber/P	home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot, leaves	medicine
Tiliacora triandra Diels	climber/P	home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot, leaves	medicine, domestic
Menyanthaceae
Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze	aquatic herb/P	swamps	shoot
Moraceae
Artocarpus lacucha Roxb.	tree/P	rice field, woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine, handicraft, chewing
Myrtaceae
Psidium guajava L.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields, roadside	fruit	medicine
Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine
Syzygium gratum (Wight) S.N.Mitra	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot, fruit
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea pubescens Willd.	aquatic herb/P	rice field, swamps	stalk of flower	medicine
Onagraceae
Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H.Hara	aquatic herb/A	rice field, swamps	shoot, leaves, stem	medicine, fodder
Opiliaceae
Melientha suavis Pierre	tree/P	woods	shoot, flower
Passifloraceae
Adenia viridiflora Craib	climber/A	woods, upland fields	shoot, fruit	medicine
Passiflora foetida L.	climber/A	rice field, home garden, upland fields, roadside	shoot, fruit
Poaceae
Bambusa sp.	bamboo/P	rice field, home garden, woods	shoot	fuel, handicraft, fodder
Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss	bamboo/P	rice field, woods, upland fields	shoot	handicraft, fodder
Vietnamosasa ciliata (A.Camus) T.Q.Nguyen	bamboo P	woods	shoot	handicraft, fodder
Pontederiaceae
Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms	aquatic herb/P	rice field, swamps	shoot, flower	handicraft, fodder
Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms	aquatic herb/A-P	rice field, swamps	shoot, flower, stalk of flower	handicraft, fodder
Monochoria vaginalis C.Presl	aquatic herb/A-P	rice field, swamps	whole aerial parts	medicine
Rhamnaceae
Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields, roadside	fruit	timber, fuel, dye
Ziziphus oenoplia (L.) Mill.	shrub/P	rice field, home garden, woods	fruit	medicine
Rubiaceae
Oxyceros horridus Lour.	shrub/P	home garden, woods	shoot, leaves	medicine
Rothmannia wittii (Craib) Bremek.	tree/P	woods	fruit
Rutaceae
Aegle marmelos Corrêa	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods, upland fields	shoot, fruit	medicine, ritual
Sapindaceae
Lepisanthes rubiginosa (Roxb.) Leenh.	tree/P	rice field, home garden, woods	fruit	medicine
Nephelium hypoleucum Kurz	tree/P	home garden, woods, upland fields	fruit	medicine, fuel
Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken	tree/P	rice field, upland fields	fruit
Scrophulariaceae
Limnophila aromatica Merr.	terrestrial herb/A	rice field, home garden	whole aerial parts	medicine
Umbelliferae
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.	terrestrial herb/P	rice field, home garden	whole aerial parts	medicine
Oenanthe javanica DC.	terrestrial herb/P	swamps	shoot
Zingiberaceae
Alpinia malaccensis C.Presl	terrestrial herb/P	rice field, woods	shoot, flower, stem	medicine, auxiliary
Curcuma singularis Gagnep.	terrestrial herb/P	woods	flower	medicine
Curcuma sp.	terrestrial herb/P	woods	flower, stalk of flower	medicine
Zygnemataceae
Spirogyra sp.	aquatic herb/A	rice field, swamps	whole aerial parts	medicine
Unidentified
sp. 1	tree/P	woods, upland fields	shoot	medicine
sp. 2	aquatic herb/A	swamps	shoot	medicine, fodder

For life cycle P is perennial and A is annual.

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