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

Rosa abyssinica

Uses

Ethiopia (Wollo Province): fruit eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Lindl.
Vernaculars:: Ethiopia: Quegga

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Rosa abyssinica fruit — Rosa-abyssinica-fruit

Rosa abyssinica — Rosa-abyssinica

Plant Classification Group:

Rosaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Ethiopia

Plant References:

RAHMATO 1991

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