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

Cyrtosperma chamissonis

Uses

Samoa: cooked rhizomes eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Schott) Merr.

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Cyrtosperma chamissonis

Cyrtosperma chamissonis

Plant Classification Group:

Araceae

Plant Locations:

Oceania
- Samoa

Plant References:

BALICK & COX

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