STUDY ON SOME WILDLY GROWING ETHNOBOTANICAL PLANTS OF SOLAN DISTRICT (HIMACHAL PRADESH)

Plants have been used in all cultures as a source of food, medicine, fodder, fuel, dye, oil, etc. Food security is the primary concern in recent scenario therefore; use of wild edible resources can be a great alternative step in maintaining equilibrium of human demands and utilization of resources. Human have been eating wild edible plants ever since they appeared on earth. Edible wild plants are the part of agricultural systems. They provide essential micronutrients to diet and considered as part of the total food system. The wild edible plans are not only the part of human diet, but their nutritional content is superior in vitamin and mineral content of widely raised domesticated field crops