Abstract
Of the many edible tuberous legumes that occur wild in the humid tropical-subtropical regions of India — viz.,Eriosema chinense, Moghania tuberosa, M. vestita, Pueraria tuberosa andVigna capensis — onlyMoghania vestita is cultivated as a minor food crop. It is eaten raw by the tribals of the Khasi and Jaintia hills (Assam, India) and is grown by them in the mountainous tract between 1000 and 1600 m, in a landscape predominantly occupied byPinus khasya grassland mixed vegetation. Since no significant account of this root crop is available and no mention of it is made even in some of the recent compilations on economic plants (11, 13), a survey of current information dealing with its early history, cultivation, distribution and usage is presented here.
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