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

Maerua triphylla

Uses

Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): fruit eaten (?).

Additional Information

Name Authority:: A. Rich.
Vernaculars:: Kikuyu: mu -Tanangia

Plant Classification Group:

Capparaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Kenya

Plant References:

BROKENSHA & RILEY
RILEY & BROKENSHA

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