Abstract: The traditional edible plants ofJinuo Nationality are studied in this paper. The Jinuo is one of the minorities in China who have been practising swidden cultivation (in another word is slash-and-burn agriculture). They cultivate only 54 species of edible crops. Most of their diet is collected from forest lands and swidden fields nearby. Some 179 species of edible plants are re-ported in the present paper, in which 86 species are wild vegetables and 37 species are wild fruits.

Key words: Jinuo nationality