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

Garcinia buchananii

Uses

Ethiopia: unspecified part plant (leaves?) boiled in water and eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Baker

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Garcinia buchananii — Garcinia buchananii leaves

Garcinia buchananii

Plant Classification Group:

Clusiaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Ethiopia

Plant References:

RAHMATO 1989

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