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

Raphionacme daronii

Uses

Sénégal/Guinea: children among the Bedik eat the root and fruits during famine.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Berh.
Vernaculars:: Bassari: a -Ndekap. Bedik: Gamkbuhrongal

Plant Classification Group:

Periplocaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Guinea
- Senegal

Plant References:

PERRY et al.

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