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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

AIZOACEAE

Aizoon canariense, L. Zululand (Ubombo district): leaves eaten. Vernacular name - Zulu: Matsana. Ref. HELY-HUTCHINSON.

Sesuvium Portulacastrum, L. India (Madras Presidency): leaves and tender shoots used as a pot herb. Vernacular name - Tamil: Vungaravasee. Ref. SHORTT.

Sesuvium sesuvioides (Fenzl) Verd. India (Western Rajasthan): leaves eaten as greens. Soil type favored by plant: heavy saline. Vernacular name: Lario. Ref. SAXENA.

Trianthema crystallina, Vahl. India: seeds eaten. Ref. WATT.

Trianthema decandra, L. India (Bombay Presidency): leaves eaten. Vernacular name - Sangamner, Ahmednagar district, Bombay Presidency: Ghetuli. Ref. GAMMIE.

Trianthema monogyna, L. India (Bombay Presidency): leaves and shoots eaten. Leaves boiled in water and mixed with salt and chili peppers. Soil type favored by plant: sandy plains. (Western Rajasthan): leaves boiled and used as vegetable. Vernacular names Bombay Presidency, Poona and Ahmednagar districts: Ghetuli. Ahmednagar district:Vasu. Rajasthan (western): Lana, Sata. Ref. GAMMIE; GUPTA & KANODIA, SAXENA, WATT.

Trianthema obcordata, Roxb.; Wall. India (Madras Presidency): leaves and tender shoots used as greens. Vernacular names - Tamil: Sharunnay. Telugu: Ghelijebghroo. Ref. SHORTT.

Trianthema pentandra, L. India.: leaves and shoots eaten. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant eaten. May be poisonous. Vernacular names - Nigeria (Hausa): Gadon maciji. English: Horse Purslane. Ref. DARLINGTON & AMMAL, MORTIMORE, WATT.

Trianthema portulcastrum, L. India (Rajasthan, western ): leaves boiled and eaten as vegetable. Nigeria (Kano State, norther): leaves eaten. Vernacular names - Rajasthan: Safed, Sata. Nigeria (Hausa): Rogon yara. Ref. MORTIMORE, SAXENA.

Zaleya govindia (Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don.) Nair. India (Western Rajasthan): leaves used as vegetable. Soil type favored by plant: gravelly. Vernacular name: Gadbani. Ref. GUPTA & KANODIA.

Zaleya pentandra (L.) Jeffrey. Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): leaves eaten. Vernacular name - Kikuyu: ki -Thua -kia - mbiti. Ref. RILEY & BROKENSHA.


Last update Tuesday, January 20, 1998 by aw