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Table 4 Economically important ethnobotanicals used by Adi women for food and income

From: Evidence that cultural food practices of Adi women in Arunachal Pradesh, India, improve social-ecological resilience: insights for Sustainable Development Goals

Local name

Scientific name

Habitata

Seasonal availability

Economic value in INRb per kg

Difference %

Role in adaptations

Remote villages

Transitioned village

Koppi

Solanum torvum

JL and HG

April to September

70.0

38.0

84.21

A dependable food during floodc

Koppir

Solanum khasianum

JL and HG

April to September

65.0

31.0

109.67

As above

Onger

Zanthoxylum rhetsa

JL, HG, and MCF

Year round

75.0

40.0

87.50

Used year round. Stored after drying for off-season use

Pumpkin

Cucurbita moschata

JL

April to August

45.0

20.0

125.00

Easily cultivable

Lalada

Zingiber sp.

JL and HG

May to October

120.0

50.0

140.00

Medicinal and used as cash crop

Kekir

Zingiber siangensis

JL

May to October

200.0

100.0

100.00

Medicinal and used as cash crop

Poi

Basella rubra

JL and HG

April to August

50.0

32.0

56.25

A dependable food during flood

Dhekia saag

Diplazium esculentum

JL and MCF

May to September

60.0

32.0

87.50

As above

Marshang

Spilanthes acmella

JL, HG, and MCF

April to August

45.0

28.0

60.71

Compatible to grow anywhere

Ongin

Clerodendrum colebrookianum

JL, HG, and MCF

May to October

100.0

55.0

81.82

Medicinal and can be used year round. Can be stored after drying for off-season use

Kalmu

A creeper

JL and HG

May to September

65.0

35.0

85.71

Easy in growing and no inputs are required

Rouri

Piper sylvaticum

JL and HG

May to September

60.0

42.0

42.86

Easy in growing and no inputs are required

Adi dhania

Eryngium foetidum

JL and HG

April to November

100.0

55.0

81.82

Used as substitute for many vegetables. Can be stored after drying for off-season use

Statistics

  

t = 2.94, p < 0.0035

Overall 89.69%

 
  1. JL, Jhum-land; HG, home gardens; MCF, Morang community forest
  2. aHabitat data: JL = 2 species (15.38%); JL and HG = 7 species (53.84%); JL, HG, and MCF = 3 species (23.08%)
  3. b1 USD = 71.76 INR
  4. cSince these species are grown at higher altitude in mountainous ecosystems, that is why the flood does not affect these species