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

Nymphaea caerula

Uses

Tanzania: unspecified part of plant eaten in the Mahenge and Ifakara regions.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Savigny.

Plant Classification Group:

Nymphaeaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Tanzania
  - Ifakara
  - Mahenge

Plant References:

MTOTOMWEMA

Location Map

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