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

Ipomoea shirambensis

Uses

Zambia: tuber eaten by the Gwembe Tonga people.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Baker
Vernaculars:: (Tongan): makuli, lukuli.

Plant Classification Group:

Convolvulaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Zambia

Plant References:

SCUDDER 1971
SCUDDER 1976

Location Map

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