Lagenaria vulgaris – Famine Foods

Lagenaria vulgaris

Uses

New Zealand: the Maori ate the young fruit in summer after baking it in earth ovens. Elsewhere (in Oceania ?), it may have been eaten only in times of famine.

Additional Information

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