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

Canna bidentata

Uses

West Africa: starchy rhizome eaten. Leaves used for wrapping food.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Bertol.

Plant Classification Group:

Cannaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa

Plant References:

IRVINE 1952
UPHOF

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