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

Combretum collinum

Uses

Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Fresen.
Vernaculars:: Tarauniya, Taramiya. Kanuri: Katakara, Katankara
Misc:: ssp. geitonophyllum (Diels.) Okafor.

Plant Classification Group:

Combretaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Nigeria
  - Kano

Plant References:

MORTIMORE

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