The present study mainly focused on the traditional wild food plants used by primitive tribes of Kotial hills, Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh. A total of 75 species were documented as wild plants used for food purposes. Among the 75 species, 28 species are trees followed by 26 herbs, 11 climbers and 10 shrubs. Generally herbaceous plant species are utilized as verdant vegetables. It has been seen that the customary information on wild food plants is on sharp decay. Except if endeavors are made to teach the more youthful generation about their significance, it is very well might be lost in not so distant future. Present study showed that there is an earnest requirement for documentation of customary information identified with the elusive social legacy concerning conventional plant employments. The usage and development of these vegetables ought to be elevated to keep up with the dietary requirements of the peoples in Andhra Pradesh. In India, the tribal human beings rely on forests for their livelihood. The tribal people are very near nature and have hereditary conventional expertise of consuming wild plant life and plant elements viz. Tuber, shoots, leaves, culmination and so far as a source of meals. Various tribal sects of India are repositories of rich knowledge on wild plant genetic resources. Even at some point of regular instances, wild plants provide materials of weight loss plan to the much less advanced segment of human community, frequently referred as tribals/adivasis in India who generally inhabit hilly and different much less available tracts in both advanced and undeveloping international locations. In India, it's far envisioned that approximately 800 species are fed on as wild edible for human consumption plants, mainly through the tribal people. Indigenous understanding of untamed wild edible for human consumption vegetation is vital for maintaining usage of these plant species. Consumption of untamed edible plant life helps rural communities particularly at some point of the duration of seasonal meals shortages. They frequently serve as alternative supply and treasured complement for nutritionally balanced weight loss plan and also a number one industrial income for each indigenous and non-indigenous human being . The role of these safe to eat plant species in preserving human and environmental fitness has been suggested. In depth studies concerning its nutritional position have additionally been highlighted in lots of surveys around the world. The traditional knowledge of nutritional food practices has lengthy history in relation to human nutrition. Wild food fit for human consumption flowers had been the mainstay of human weight loss plan for centuries.

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Journal of Annals of Bilogical Science