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Shortt, J. 1887-1888. List of wild plants and vegetables used as food by people in famine times. Indian Forester 3:232-238.

Cathartocarpus fistula

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Celosia cristata

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Cissus quadrangularis

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Cleome gynandra

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Colocasia esculenta

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Colocasia nymphaefolia

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Commelina communis

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Corchorus olitorius

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Cucumis momordica

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Cynodon dactylon

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