Food is the identity of a community which is influenced by geographical as well as social environment. The wild edible plants have a great socio-economic significance because of their food and medicinal values. The use of wild plants as food in different religious practices reflects its rich culture in social history. In Assamese traditional kitchen, a good number of wild plants are used as vegetable. The present study deals with the identification, documentation and investigation of wild edible vegetable plants used by Assamese people of Dhemaji district of Assam, NE India and their medicinal uses. In this paper, a total of 51 wild edible vegetable plants belonging to 33 families were recorded with their scientific names, family, local names in Assamese, time of availability, parts used and their medicinal values.
