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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

ASPLENIACEAE

Asplenium nidus, L. Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands: young leaves eaten. Vernacular name: Birdsnest Fern. Ref. CURREY.

Asplenium polypodioides, India (Garhwal Himalayas): fronds eaten as vegetable. Ref. GUPTA.


Last update Wednesday, January 21, 1998 by aw