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

Crataegus oxycantha

Uses

India (Himalayan region): fruit collected for emergency use. Tunisia: fruit eaten by shepherds and carbon mongers.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: L.; Walt.

Plant Classification Group:

Rosaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Tunisia
Asia
- India
  - Himalayas

Plant References:

ARORA
BOUQUET

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