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

Metroxylon warburgii

Uses

Samoa: stem starch extracted.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Becc.
Vernaculars:: English: Vanuatu Sago Palm. Wola: Niu lotuma

Plant Classification Group:

Araceae

Plant Locations:

Oceania
- Samoa

Plant References:

BALICK & COX
COX

Location Map

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