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

Hippocratea africana

Uses

Nigeria (Kano State, northern): leaves (?) eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Willd.) Loes.
Vernaculars:: Hausa: Gwa'dayi

Plant Classification Group:

Hippocastanaceae

Plant Locations:

Africa
- Nigeria

Plant References:

MORTIMORE

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