Traditional Knowledge of some Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Rahuri Tehsil, Ahilyanagar (Maharashtra) India: Pharmacology & Nutritional Importance

The present paper highlights the traditional knowledge and nutritional importance associated with wild edible fruit plants from Rahuri Tehsil, Ahilyanagar district (Maharashtra) India. Wild edible fruit plants have played a significant role in supporting traditional rural and urban human food systems for centuries. They act as food supplementary sources of nutrition, medicine, and livelihood, especially for farming communities and economically weaker populations as well as tribal peoples. This research paper represents ethno-botanical and pharmacological information on commonly available 22 wild edible fruit plant species, their local uses, nutritional value, medicinal importance, and socio-cultural relevance. The present paper emphasizes the need for documentation and conservation of traditional knowledge before it is lost due to lack of importance, modernization and degradation of resources.