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

Dioscorea burmanica

Uses

Thailand (northeast): tuber eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Prain. & Burk.

Plant Classification Group:

Dioscoreaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- Thailand

Plant References:

MIYAGAWA

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