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

Ziziphus orthacantha

Uses

Chad (central): fruit eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: DC.
Vernaculars:: Arabic: Nabak

Plant Classification Group:

Rhamnaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Chad

Plant References:

CRÉAC'H 1944
CRÉAC'H 1949

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