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

Spathyema foetida

Uses

Native American: rootstock used as an emergency food dried or baked, to improve the taste

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (L.) Rafin.

Plant Classification Group:

Araceae

Plant Locations:

North America
- United States

Plant References:

HARRIS 1890
KEPHART
PARKER
RUSBY
WAUGH
YANOVSKY

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