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

Cyperus jeminicus

Uses

India: leaves eaten; tubers ground into flour.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Bernh. ex Kunth.; Retz.; Rottb.; Heyne ex C.B. Clarke.

Plant Classification Group:

Cyperaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India

Plant References:

WATT

Location Map

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