期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：3
页码：634-643
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：Promotion and conservation of underutilized indigenous vegetable plants for healthy diet, income generation and food security are the main aims of this ecological survey. Sixty species of floweringplants underutilized as vegetables were collected from the field in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), across all the six area councils). The family Fabaceaehas the highest number of species followed by Asteraceae.Thirty four (56.7%), of the vegetables are herbs, twenty (33.3%) are trees, while six (10%) species are shrubs. The predominant modes of propagation among the plants are by seeds, followed by stem cutting and of course few are by underground parts of the plants. Seventy percent (70%) of the underutilized vegetables collected are wild, while thirty percent (30%) are less cultivated. Though these underutilized vegetables abound in FCT environment, only eight percent (8%) are sometimes seen in the markets. Some of the underutilized vegetables collected plants viz, Annona senegalensis, Vernonia amygdalina and, Leptadenia hastatato mentionedbut a few, arealso claimed to be of medicinal importance.
关键词：Vegetableplants; Underutilized; Flowering plants; Herbs; Trees; Federal Capital Territory(FCT)
