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

Myoporum platycarpum

Synonym(s):

Disoon platycarpus

Uses

Pan-Australia: saccharine exudation eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: R. Br.
Misc:: This is reportedly laxative and may be produced by an insect rather than by the plant.

Plant Classification Group:

Myoporeaceae

Plant Locations:

Oceania
- Australia

Plant References:

IRVINE 1957

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