NUTRITIONAL-EVALUATION OF UNDEREXPLOITED LEAFY VEGETABLES OF ASSAM

Four popular leafy vegetables of Assam, viz Ceylon spinach or asomiya paleng Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd.!, sea-holly or mandhania (E ryngium foetidum L.), masudari (Houttuynia cordata Thunb.) and knot-we ed or madhusoleng (Polygonum chinense L.), were analysed for their nut ritional value. The vegetables were found rich in nutrient content. Mo isture, carbohydrate, crude fibre, ether extract and ash contents (per 100 g fresh leaves) were: 79.70-90.71 g. 4.02-12.16 g, 1.92-3.27 g, 0 .95-2.76 g, 0.1 3-0.19 g and 0.70-1.92 g respectively. The contents of mineral elements in 100 g fresh leaves were calcium 98.95-231.54 mg, phosphorus 27.47-97.70 mg and iron 2.79-12.57 mg.