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@article{181891,
        author = {Smita Deepak Shinde},
        title = {Unconventional food as Conventional food},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {2},
        pages = {4432-4435},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=181891},
        abstract = {UFP i.e.: Unconventional Food Plants are acquiring the place in the diet or meal of the people. These plants are now considered as superfood as they are highly nutritious. Some plants leave, roots, or whole plant is consumed and they have remarkable place in the market too (3). These plants can be easily found and also can be cultivated to meet the demand. These plants can be good cash crops for the farmers in India. Some plants are endemic to the place but can be increase their number by cultivating as regular crop. Plants like Amaranthus viridis L. Cassia tora L. Colocasia esculenta, Ipomoea aquatica Forsk, Ipomoea aquatica Forsk, Tamarindus indica L., Xanthium strumarium, Bauhinia purpurea L., Acacia nilotica ssp. Indica (Bth.) Brenan, Carissa congesta Wt. Lantana camara L., Cucurbita maxima Duch. Ex Lam., Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) W. and A. Asparagus racemosus Willd.are the few examples of cosmopolitan plants. In present day only few plants are considered as UFP and consumed by the people but there are more plants that have to be explored. These plants are oftenly consumed and used for various purposes in the tribal region. These plant data have to be documented and should be preserved for the further studies.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {November},
        }