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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

OLEACEAE

Forsythia suspensa, Vahl. China: leaves eaten with oil and salt. The leaf contains a glucoside, phyllyrin. Vernacular names: Golden Bells, Forsythia. Ref. READ.

Jasminum aborescens, Boj.; Roxb. var. latifolia, Boj.; Roxb. India (Deccan): seeds eaten. Ref. WATT.

Ligustrum japonicum, Thunb. China: leafy shoots eaten. Leaves contain the glucoside syringin. Ref. READ.

Ligustrum lucidum, Ait. China: leafy shoots eaten. Leaves contain the glucoside, syringin. Ref. READ.

Schrebera swietenoides, Roxb. India (Deccan, and elsewhere): leaves made into bhaji (i.e. boiled, and eaten mixed with salt and chili peppers). Vernacular name - Bombay Presidency: Surat, Khandesh, and Panch Mahals districts: Mokha. Ref. GAMMIE.


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