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

Coprosma hirtella

Synonym(s):

Coprosma cuspidifolia

Uses

Pan-Australia (except Tasmania and Western Australia): fruit eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Labill.

Plant Classification Group:

Rubiaceae

Plant Locations:

Oceania
- Australia

Plant References:

MAIDEN 1889

Location Map

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