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

Dryopteris cyatheoides

Uses

Hawaii: leaf shoots eaten raw. Root scraped and eaten raw.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Kaulf.) O. Ktze.
Vernaculars:: Kikawaio, Kikawaioa; (Maui): Pakikawaio

Plant Classification Group:

Polypodiaceae

Plant Locations:

North America
- United States
  - Hawaii

Plant References:

HANDY
NEAL

Location Map

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