title: Less known edible fruit - yielding plants of nilgiris.
abstract: The present paper is concerned with 27 species belonging to 22 generate and 18 families, which yield wild edible fruits. They are arranged in alphabetical order followed by their local names and habit. An attempt has been also made to indicate the nutritive values of edible portions on the basis of documented literature. Brief illustration is furnished wherever necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam - 643 002, India .
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nayagam
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pushparaj
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajan