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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

ZINGIBERACEAE

The Ginger family

Alpinia Galanga, Willd. India (Deccan): tubers eaten. Ref. WATT.

Curcuma caulina, J. Grah. India (Deccan): tubers eaten. Ref. WATT.

Curcuma pseudomontana, R. Grah. India (Deccan): tubers eaten. Ref. WATT.

Hedichium coronarium, Koen. in Retz. India (Deccan): tubers eaten. Ref. WATT.


Last update Tuesday, March 10, 1998 by aw