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Abstract
The consumption of underutilized plants for medicinal as well as nutritional use is being reported long back. Majorly the consumers of these plants are tribal sects of the society because they are the keepers of traditional knowledge on different uses of plant genetic sources. Even in today’s time underutilized plants are still utilized during the famine and similar situations as they provide sufficient nutrition; Kokum is one of them. Kokum (Garcinia indica), is an indigenous tree found in India. It belongs to cluisiaceace family (Padhaye et al. 2009). The present article throws a light on the health impact of kokum (Garcinia indica).