Nutritional Analysis of Five Wild Edible Vegetables Traditionally Consumed by the Orang Asli in Perak

Table 1

Ethnobotany of wild edible plants selected for nutritional analysis.

Species name	Local name	Family name	Parts used	Cooked/raw	Alleged medicinal properties
Erechtites valerianiaeolia (Link ex Spring) DC.	Ber-pa	Asteraceae	Leaves	Cooked	Skin problems, fever, and tonsillitis
Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.) Backer	Rabo	Poaceae	Shoots	Raw and cooked	Increase appetite
Gomphandra quadrifida (Blume) Sleumer	Bern-go	Stemonuraceae	Leaves	Cooked	Recovery after child birth
Solanum nigrum L.	Kera	Solanaceae	Leaves, fruits	Cooked	High blood pressure
Pleocnemia irregularis (C. Presl) Holttum	Ber-negy	Dryopteridaceae	Fronds	Raw and cooked	Diarrhoea, skin infection