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Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Diphu Campus, Karbi Anglong, Diphu, Assam – 782462, E-mail: robin.teron@gmail.com

Abstract ................................................................................................... 55 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 56 4.2 Data Acquisition ............................................................................. 60 4.3 Ethnic Food Plants and Ethnic Foods of North-East India ............ 61 4.4 Conclusion ..................................................................................... 86 Acknowledgement .................................................................................. 88 Keywords ................................................................................................ 88 References ............................................................................................... 89

ABSTRACT

Ethnic food systems, diversity of food plants, culinary methods and sociocultural implications of ethnic foods in North Eastern Region (NER) of India are reviewed in this chapter. Evaluation of available information implicates great diversity in food plants among ethnic groups of NER.