Author

Kavitha Sagar, Sharanabasav Amarappa

Abstract

Today’s developing world is suffering from under nutrition due to the culture of fast foods, junk foods and adulterated of fruits and vegetables in order to earn more within less time. Proper and timely availability of the unadulterated fresh fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods are not reaching people. With the increasing population and fast depletion of natural resources, it became necessary to explore the possibilities of using newer indigenous plant resources. There are many plants species still lying unexplored and underexploited. Underutilized plants, in general, constitute those plant species that occur as life support species in extreme environmental conditions and threatened habitats, having genetic tolerance to survive under harsh conditions and possess qualities of nutritional and/or industrial importance for a variety of purposes. The present paper is a review of underutilized Fabaceae species of India. This review may help attend the drawback of mainstream researches which did not provide solutions to agronomic and post-harvest constraints, nor did it develop attractive value added products for a broader market in India.

Pages-12-22

Doi Number 10.61289/jibs2024.10.28.1116

Keywords Fabaceae, Nutritional value, Underutilized, unexplored, underexploited.