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

Caralluma fimbriata

Uses

India (region not specified but possibly Andhra Pradesh): green fruit eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Roxb.
Vernaculars:: (Hindi?] Makedshingi

Plant Classification Group:

Apocynaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India

Plant References:

GAMMIE
SWARUPANANDAN
WATT

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