Survey, Collection and Application of Indigeneous Food Plants in Phitsanulok

Abstract

Survey, collection and application of indigenous food plants in Phitsanulok province were undertaken from October 2014 to September 2015. The study was carried out by interviewing three local wisdom people in each district and undertaking field surveys in and around the villages, at the home garden, the local market and the natural forest to record information about plants and their usages. The survey records included local name, utilization, propagation, plant morphology and plant ecology. The results indicated that 68 families and 138 species were used as food crops most of them are herbaceous plants, the others are trees, climbers, shrubs, aquatic plant and ferns. The collected specimens were preserved at the Faculty of Food and Agricultural Technology, Phibulsongkram Rajabhat University. Description, occurrence, the edible parts, the process of cooking, as well as colour print of each specimen were prepared.