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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

ALISMATACEAE

Alisma plantago, L. China: leaves eaten with oil and salt. Elsewhere: plant reported eaten by Kalmuks, after neutralization of lower portion. Vernacular name: Water Plantain. Ref. READ, UPHOF.

Burnatia enneandra, Michel. Kenya (arid northern region): tuber eaten. This is an aquatic herb, occuring in seasonal pools, but reportedly not very common. Ref. KABUYE.

Sagittaria sagittifolia, L. China: tender shoots adjacent to the root and stem are well boilded and eaten with oil and salt. Japan: corms eaten. Vernacular name: Arrowhead. Ref. READ, UPHOF.


Last update Tuesday, January 20, 1998 by aw