Famine Foods Plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine

Saba florida

Uses

Nigeria (Kano State, northern): fruit eaten

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Benth.) Bullock
Vernaculars:: Hausa: Ciwo

Plant Classification Group:

Apocynaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Nigeria

Plant References:

MORTIMORE

Location Map

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