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

Simmondsia chinensis

Uses

North America (Sonoran Desert): nut eaten by Native American Seri group.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Link.) Schneid.
Vernaculars:: Jojoba

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Simmondsia chinensis (source Prof. Paul Minnis)

Plant Classification Group:

Simmondsiaceae

Plant Locations:

North America
- Mexico
- United States

Plant References:

FELGER & MOSER 1976
MINNIS

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