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

Salacia bussei

Uses

Tanzania (Ngindoland): ripe fruits eaten after removal of hard skin.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Loes.
Vernaculars:: Ngindo: Mhumbuka

Plant Classification Group:

Celastraceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Tanzania

Plant References:

CROSS-UPCOTT

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