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

Arundinaria wrightiana

Uses

India (Orissa [Odisha] and Karnataka States; Malda, West Bengal): rice [sic] from the flowering stem [eaten].

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Nees.

Plant Classification Group:

Poaceae or Graminae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India
  - Bengal
  - Karnataka
  - Malda
  - Odisha

Plant References:

WATT

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