TABLE 3A.
Estimated values on various nutritional parameters of local food plants used by the Adi.
| Adi name | Botanical name | Nutritional parametersc | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leafy vegetables | Edible % | Moisture % | Ash % | Crude fat % | Crude Protein % | Dietary fiber % | Total sugar % | Total starch % | |
| Adi-ori | Eryngium foetidum L. | 92.5 ± 0.95 | 72.0 ± 1.56 | 0.87 ± 0.05 | 1.34 ± 0.20 | 2.77 ± 0.10 | 9.65 ± 0.27 | 0.84 ± 0.06 | 1.29 ± 0.06 |
| Akshap | Mussaenda roxburghii Hook. f. | 64.4 ± 9.24 | 84.7 ± 4.24 | 1.47 ± 0.47 | 1.34 ± 0.27 | 3.75 ± 0.14 | 10.3 ± 0.52 | 0.57 ± 0.12 | 1.19 ± 0.08 |
| Bangko | Solanum spirale Roxb. | 73.6 ± 3.1 | 76.3 ± 2.4 | 4.05 ± 0.25 | 0.93 ± 0.10 | 1.27 ± 0.10 | 8.84 ± 0.19 | 0.874 ± 0.09 | 2.13 ± 0.11 |
| Takanga | Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw. | 51.4 ± 2.1 | 84.7 ± 1.5 | 1.91 ± 0.54 | 0.76 ± 0.10 | 4.79 ± 0.57 | 9.09 ± 0.17 | 0.941 ± 0.07 | 2.16 ± 0.12 |
| Dilap | Allium hookeri Thwaites | 89.3 ± 3.6 | 76.1 ± 2.1 | 3.96 0.26 | 0.83 ± 0.18 | 2.69 ± 0.11 | 10.6 ± 0.34 | 1.42 ± 0.08 | 3.01 ± 0.26 |
| Gham-oying | Sauropus androgynus (L) Merr. | 67.9 ± 5.1 | 71.4 ± 1.6 | 3.31 ± 0.16 | 3.69 ± 0.69 | 9.14 ± 0.90 | 9.20 ± 0.78 | 0.799 ± 0.06 | 2.51 ± 0.06 |
| Lori | Piper pedicellatum C. DC. | 74.9 ± 1.5 | 82.2 ± 1.6 | 2.74 ± 0.13 | 1.13 ± 0.75 | 4.14 ± 0.38 | 10.3 ± 2.36 | 0.831 ± 0.05 | 1.49 ± 0.17 |
| Marsang | Spilanthes paniculata Wall. ex DC. | 69.9 ± 10.9 | 85.9 ± 1.4 | 2.04 ± 0.16 | 1.25 ± 0.13 | 3.38 ± 0.58 | 6.22 ± 0.69 | 0.259 ± 0.02 | 0.93 ± 0.01 |
| Obul | Mackaya neesiana (Wall.) Das | 90.3 ± 1.1 | 85.7 ± 1.0 | 1.94 ± 0.05 | 0.79 ± 0.13 | 2.58 ± 0.16 | 6.13 ± 0.19 | 0.345 ± 0.03 | 1.89 ± 0.22 |
| Ongen b | Gynura nepalensis DC. | 64.7 ± 5.6 | 82.4 ± 1.3 | 1.93 ± 0.14 | 1.68 ± 0.08 | 6.05 ± 0.73 | 7.45 ± 0.17 | 0.701 ± 0.03 | 1.25 ± 0.04 |
| Onger | Zanthoxylum rhetsa (Roxb.) DC. | 55.1 ± 6.0 | 81.8 ± 1.0 | 1.66 ± 0.24 | 1.96 ± 0.48 | 5.14 ± 0.36 | 7.97 ± 0.43 | 0.323 ± 0.04 | 0.55 ± 0.05 |
| Ongin | Clerodendrum colebrookinanum Walp. | 67.7 ± 6.6 | 79.6 ± 1.9 | 1.91 ± 0.12 | 1.67 ± 0.09 | 5.84 ± 1.11 | 8.46 ± 0.10 | 0.958 ± 0.07 | 1.14 ± 0.06 |
| Oyik | Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Benn. & R. Br. | 54.1 ± 1.8 | 79.0 ± 1.6 | 2.92 ± 0.24 | 1.05 ± 0.17 | 5.96 ± 0.08 | 9.92 ± 0.12 | 0.808 ± 0.07 | 0.95 ± 0.10 |
| Poi | Basella rubra L. | 75.3 ± 2.1 | 86.8 ± 1.5 | 2.60 ± 0.20 | 0.91 ± 0.05 | 4.75 ± 0.40 | 3.96 ± 0.28 | 0.862 ± 0.06 | 1.78 ± 0.09 |
| Payin | Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Poir. | 54.7 ± 1.5 | 82.6 ± 1.7 | 1.49 ± 0.13 | 1.09 ± 0.10 | 1.90 ± 0.14 | 8.08 ± 0.61 | 0.556 ± 0.03 | 1.12 ± 0.08 |
| Mean | 69.7 ± 13 | 80.5 ± 4.9 | 2.37 ± 1.05 | 1.36 ± 0.74 | 4.24 ± 3.1 | 8.32 ± 1.9 | 0.739 ± 0.30 | 1.56 ± 0.67 | |
| Fruit based vegetables | |||||||||
| Kopir | Solanum indicum L. | 71.5 ± 1.4 | 73.0 ± 1.06 | 1.11 ± 0.67 | 2.09 ± 0.36 | 5.86 ± 0.47 | 15.6 ± 1.18 | 1.21 ± 0.09 | 1.73 ± 0.09 |
| Migom-koppi | Solanum torvum Sw. | 87.0 ± 2.7 | 77.3 ± 4.8 | 1.09 ± 0.47 | 1.18 ± 0.25 | 2.55 ± 0.53 | 14.4 ± 0.70 | 0.463 ± 0.08 | 1.24 ± 0.02 |
| Bangko | Solanum spirale Roxb. | 73.6 ± 4.4 | 80.0 ± 5.60 | 1.06 ± 0.06 | 1.89 ± 0.15 | 4.62 ± 0.37 | 8.77 ± 0.44 | 0.689 ± 0.11 | 1.31 ± 0.02 |
| Kopi | Solanum kurzii Brace ex Prain | 77.4 ± 4.7 | 76.5 ± 1.98 | 1.89 ± 0.62 | 1.52 ± 0.18 | 5.09 ± 1.07 | 6.89 ± 0.48 | 0.86 ± 0.13 | 2.31 ± 0.17 |
| Mean | 77.4 ± 6.9 | 76.2 ± 3.1 | 1.79 ± 1.4 | 1.67 ± 0.40 | 4.53 ± 1.4 | 11.4 ± 4.2 | 0.806 ± 0.31 | 1.65 ± 0.49 | |
| Rhizomatous vegetables | |||||||||
| Kekir | Zingiber siangensis Tatum and A K Das | 82.8 ± 1.4 | 80.7 ± 1.1 | 1.29 ± 0.14 | 2.36 ± 0.19 | 2.48 ± 0.34 | 12.2 ± 0.87 | 0.42 ± 0.08 | 0.97 ± 0.11 |
| Adi ginger | Zingiber officinale Roscoe | 83.4 ± 0.8 | 72.4 ± 1.3 | 0.50 ± 0.04 | 1.35 ± 0.15 | 2.86 ± 0.45 | 14.0 ± 0.14 | 1.46 ± 0.12 | 2.58 ± 0.21 |
a Also known as Dhekia saag.
b
Known as gende also.
c
Each composite sample was analyzed in triplicate. Results are presented as mean of means of four years data (n = 4), and mean value for each year is derived from three analytical replicates.