IntroductionDantewada District, a part of the Bastar zone, is one of the most backward districts of Chhattisgarh. Most of the people in this district belong to tribal communities. Their major sources of income are farming and collection and selling of minor forest-based products. Major crops are rice and finger millet, but due to the lack of irrigation facilities, agriculture depends entirely on the monsoon leading to poor productivity of crops. Collection and selling of minor forest based produce; especially Chironji (one of the important multipurpose forest species) brings income to the local inhabitants. The tribal's of Dantewada district collected about 100 qt. Of Chironji seeds annually (DFO, Dantewada, 2012-13). Chironji (Buchnania lanzan Spreng syn. B. latifolia Roxb), also known as Char,

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