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

Musa ornata

Uses

India (Deccan): root, scape (leafless flower stalk), and convolute leaf-sheaths eaten.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: Roxb.

Plant Classification Group:

Musaceae

Plant Locations:

Asia
- India

Plant References:

WATT

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