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

Syzygium samarangense

Uses

Samoa: fruit eaten raw.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Blume) Merr. & L.M. Perry

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Syzygium samarangense fruit

Plant Classification Group:

Myrtaceae

Plant Locations:

Oceania
- Samoa

Plant References:

BALICK & COX

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