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

Launaea cornuta

Uses

Tanzania (Bagamoyo, Dar es Salaam, Kilway Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara and Riufiji districts). Kenya (Lamu, Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi districts.): leaves bitter; boiled in water [which is] discarded several times.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Hochst. ex Oliv. & HIern.) C. Jeffrey.

Plant Classification Group:

Asteraceae or Compositae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Kenya
- Tanzania
  - Dar es Salaam
  - Lindi
  - Morogoro
  - Mtwara

Plant References:

MTOTOMWEMA

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