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

Ceropegia tentaculata

Synonym(s):

Ceropegia multiflora subsp. tentaculata

Uses

Zambia: tuber eaten raw or cooked, by the Gwembe Tonga people

Additional Information

Name Authority:: N.E. Br.

Plant Classification Group:

Apocynaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Zambia

Plant References:

SCUDDER 1971
SCUDDER 1976

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