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

Phoenix farinifera

Synonym(s):

Phoenix pusilla, Phoenix zeylanica

Uses

India (Madras Presidency), Coromandel Coast: farinaceous substance in trunk, leaf-bud or ‘cabbage,’ and ripe fruit eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Buch.-Ham.; Roxb.
Vernaculars:: Tamil: Ethee. Telugu: Chiruta-ita

Plant Classification Group:

Palmae or Arecaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India
  - Coromandel Coast

Plant References:

ARORA & PANDEY
SHORTT
WATT

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