运用民族植物学方法，研究与凉山彝族传统饮食直接相关的野生维管束植物，调查植物的种类、生境与分布、食用部位、采集时节、管理经验、加工技术、传统命名、民间分类；分析揭示彝族食用野生植物知识的文化内涵，包括相关的食用禁忌、食用原因、宗教信仰因素、营养与疗效的传统解释； 完成凉山彝族传统野生食用植物的民族植物学编目，并在此基础上寻找适合开发的野生食用植物种质资源、绿色食品和功能食品原料、开发具有民族饮食文化特色食品。比较研究凉山三个不同的彝语方言区利用野生食用植物资源的异同及其原因，评估传统文化中植物知识在凉山彝族中获得或传承情况，提出保护和利用当地特色食用植物资源及其传统植物文化的建议和措施。

By means of ethonobotany，ethnobotanical knowledge of traditional wild edible vascular plants in Liangshan region are studied. The project will investigate and study the species of wild edible plants, habitat and distribution, edible-parts, time of harvest, managerial experiences, processing technology, traditional name, folk nomenclature and taxonomic in Liangshan region. Analysis and search the cultural connotations in the knowledges of Yi people eat wild plants, which including diet taboo, edible reason, elements of religion and belief, traditional explains of nutritious value and medical efficiency. An inventory of wild edible vascular plants in Liangshan region will be accomplished in the study. Base on the former study, we plan to search valuable edible plant species, raw materials of green food and functional food in this area. Comparative studies between three. dialect areas in Liangshan region of eating wild plants will be conducted. We will assess status of obtainment and inheritance of ethnobotanical knowledge in the Yi communities. Otherwise, suggestions for sustainable development of the valuable edible wild plant species and protect Yipeople’s traditional plant culture in Liangshan region will be proposed.