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

Rumex vesicarius

Uses

India: leaves boiled, by Sudras.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: L.
Vernaculars:: Assam: Sukha sak. Rajamundry: Suka kora

Plant Classification Group:

Polygonaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India

Plant References:

HOOPER 1904

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