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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

NAUCLEACEAE

Mitagyna inermis (Willd.) O. Ktze. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant eaten. Ethnomedical use: leaves used; purpose unspecified. Vernacular names - Hausa: Giyayya. Kanuri: Kawi. Ref. MORTIMORE.


Last update Thursday, March 5, 1998 by aw