A survey local food plants from forest of Ban phornxay Louangprabang District Lao People's Democratic Republic

Abstract

A survey local food plants from forest of Ban phornxay the research is participatory Action Research (PAR) with in researcher, expert, Community leader, folk and local forest officials by questionnaires, interview and community forum. Field study data were collected between July 2017 to June 2018The objective to identification of local vegetables, use value, utilities and find a conservation management together with the community. The research found, 94 vegetables 49 families. The most common family is 13 species of Fabaceae, 7 species of Euphorbiaceae and 5 species of Solanaceae. The use of local wisdom, the first most is fruit used as food. The second is the leaves and shoots. The most common food crops used in daily life are Bambusa nutans, Amaranthus spinosus, Spondias pinnata, Centella asiatica, Acmella oleracea, Ipomoea aquatic, Coccinia grandis, Leucaena leucocephala, Tiliacora triandra, Sauropus androgynous, Piper samentosum, Houttuynia cordata and Solanum torvum. All of them have a use value on 0.82. At present, many native plants are collected from the forest. This may cause the plant to become extinct in the future. The publish  information; Utilization and conservation are supported of village on awareness of indigenous plants for sustainable use.