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. 2021 Feb 1;7:600470. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.600470

Table 2.

**Indigenous foods with high micronutrient content.

S. No. Food item (Mundari Name) Common name (English/ Hindi) Scientific nameβ Energy (Kcal/ 100 g) Protein (g/100 g) Carbohydrate (g/100 g) Fat (g/100g) Dietary fiber (g/100g) β- Carotene/Retinol (μg/100g)a Vit C (mg/100g) Vit B1 (mg/100g) Vit B2 (mg/100g) Iron (mg/100g) Zinc (mg/100g) Calcium (mg/100g) Total folate (μg/100g) Phosphorus (mg/100g)
Commonly consumed Indigenous foods
1 Pundigoda¥ Rice Oryza sativa L. 351 4.28 80.7 1.26 5.19 ND ND 0.44 0.12 0.4 0.1 20.6 3 37.6
2 Kulthi* Horse Gram, whole Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. 321 22 57.2 0.5 NA 59 NA 0.32 0.24 8.8 2.7 269 163 298
3 Garundi/ Gundri ara* Ponnaganni Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. 51 5.3 5.17 0.71 6.74 5288 103 0.02 0.1 3.9 1 388 48 53.2
4 Jiri ba¥ Sanai phool Crotalaria juncea L. 120 2.9 27.04 ND 7.43 1113 1.77 3.09 ND 7.6 0.15 320.2 ND 537.2
5 Ber* Zizyphus Zizyphus jujuba Mill. 49 1.3 9.4 0.35 3.73 2 60.9 0.01 0.02 0.4 0.1 46.6 6 32.3
6 Dahu¥ Barhar Artocarpus lakoocha Wall. Ex Roxb. 121 2.88 27.33 ND 7.2 1843 8.9 0.32 1.32 1.8 0.1 54.7 ND ND
7 Kusum/ Baru¥ Kusum fruit Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr. 144 6.31 29.72 ND 14.89 6238 3.1 ND ND 44.2 0.8 135 ND 51.3
8 Rugra/ Putuh¥ Mushroom Geastrum 138 4.86 29.53 0.06 7.37 ND ND 0.58 0.37 6.8 3.1 193 0.2 30.2
9 Gitilud¥ Mushroom - 67 3.52 13.17 ND 6.89 9 ND 0.19 0.17 10.8 0.6 10 3 24.3
10 Loa suti$ Snail Pila globosa 97 10.5 12.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 870 NA 116
11 Setua/ Keyosuti$ Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera 81 14.5 2.1 1.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 592 NA NA
12 Demta/Hau anda$ Eggs of red ants Oceophylla smaragdina 131 13.4 9.1 4.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 104 NA 107
Little used/historically consumed Indigenous foods
1 Kodde* Finger millet Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. 321 7.2 66.82 1.92 11.18 2 NA 0.37 0.17 4.6 2.5 364 35 210
2 Bodi* Cow pea, white Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. 320 21.3 53.77 1.14 11.7 8 NA 0.33 0.09 5.0 3.6 84.1 249 378
3 Sutri$ Rice bean Vigna umbellata (Thumb.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi 332 21.5 60.9 0.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 302 NA 297
4 Baturi dal¥ Munmuna Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray 341 27 55.54 ND 8.79 178 12.45 0.22 1.15 17.1 3.8 77.5 ND 83.3
5 Kantha ara# Kantha leaves Dentella repens (L.) J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. 46 3.5 8 NA 7.1 11680 9 3.07 NA 81.1 1.0 425 7 NA
6 Lupu ara Chhaya/ Kapurijari/ Gorakhbuti Aerva lanata L. Juss. Ex Schult. 56 4.6 9.5 ND 5.9 21760 12 ND ND 22.1 0.7 202 41 ND
7 Kecho ara¥ Punarnava Boerhavia procumbens Banks ex Roxb. 52 4.37 8.67 ND 2.47 2257 0.7 0.42 1.31 9.4 1.7 877.9 0.4 8.7
8 Burju Baha¥ Kachnar flower Bauhinia variegata L. 83 2.98 17.7 ND 8.49 416 2.4 ND 0.3 3.4 0.7 404.9 ND 447.7
9 Adel sanga* Tapioca Manihot esculenta Crantz. 80 1.03 17.81 0.2 4.61 NA 17.6 0.07 0.02 0.8 0.1 25.9 26 42.6
10 Haseaar sanga¥ - Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich. 72 4.4 13.49 ND 1.34 ND 3.1 1.09 ND 55.9 0.6 33.2 ND 26.4
11 Soso$ Marking nut (kernel)/ Bhelwa Semecarpus anacardium L.f. 587 26.4 28.4 36.4 NA NA NA NA NA 6.1 NA 295 NA NA
12 Baadi$ Banyan fruit Ficus benghalensis L. 72 1.7 11.8 2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 364 NA NA
13 Redhayi/ Mangri$ Walking catfish Clarias batrachus 86 15 4.2 1 NA NA NA NA NA 0.7 NA 210 NA 290

Text in Italics represents Mundari names.

NA, Not available; ND, Not detected;

¥

Laboratory analyzed; aRetinol expressed in μg/100g for animal foods.

Secondary data on nutrient analysis:

*

(43);

(45);

#

(23);

$

(44).

β

Scientific name cited from secondary sources (28, 30, 4045) and

additionally verified from (46, 47).

**

All the foods listed in the table have at least one nutrient content per serve between 10 and 19% or >20% of RDA for Indian adults (4951).