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

Dicksonia grandis

Uses

Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands Province): tender fronds eaten by the Wola people.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Rosenst.

Plant Classification Group:

Dicksoniaceae

Plant Locations:

Oceania
- Papua New Guinea

Plant References:

SILLITOE 1993
SILLITOE 2003

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