Non-Timber Forest Products of Koppal District, Karnataka: Indigenous Use

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate non-timber forest products in the Koppal districts of Karnataka. The report found the involvement of the local inhabitants in the collection of various NTFPs and the result is structured on a survey conducted from 2020 to 2023, resulting in the documentation of a total 114 species under 48 families and 94 genera identified as NTFPs, Among these trees were dominated with 50(44.24%), followed by shrubs 19(16.18%), herbs 30(27%), and climbers 14(12.38%), which were used in different categories by the locals, such as medicinal, wild edible fruit and vegetables, fodder, and domestic purposes. In different category of utility leaf were used most with 48(48%), followed by fruits 37(33%), seed 11(10%), whole plant 9(8%), stem 8(7%), shoot & flower 7(4%), root 6(5.3%) & dye & latex 1(0.88%).