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

Guazuma tomentosa

Uses

India (area not specified): capsules eaten; (Madras Presidency): ripe, woody [sic] fruit eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: H.B. & K.; Nov.
Vernaculars:: Tamil: Rudrasum. Telugu: Rudrakscha chettu

Plant Classification Group:

Sterculiaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India

Plant References:

SHORTT
WATT

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