The present study deals with the identification, documentation and ethnobotanical exploration with respect to food value of wild edible plants from different land use types of Kodagu district. Total 41 wild edible plants were documented of which, 24 species were fruits followed by leaves, tubers and bark are eleven, four and two respectively. Utility pattern of wild edible plants, factors affecting the population status of wild edible plants, preferred wild edible fruits for domestication and farmers preference for cultivation of wild edible fruit trees in farming lands were studied in order to maintain and improve this important wild edible plant source. | Ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants in different landscapes of Kodagu
