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

Calystegia japonica

Uses

China: leafy shoots and roots eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Miq.; Choisy.
Misc:: Roots reported to be purgative.

Plant Classification Group:

Convolvulaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- China

Plant References:

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