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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

COMBRETACEAE

Combretum aculeatum, Vent. Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): leaves eaten. Vernacular name - Kikuyu: mu -Cigi. Ref. RILEY & BROKENSHA.

Combretum collinum, Fresen., ssp. geitonophyllum (Diels.) Okafor. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant eaten. Vernacular name: Tarauniya, Taramiya. Kanuri: Katakara, Katankara. Ref. MORTIMORE.

Guiera senegalensis, J.F. Gmel. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): leaves eaten. Vernacular names - Hausa: Sabara. Kanuri: Kaseshi. Ref. MORTIMORE.

Terminalia Arjuna, Bedd. India: fruit eaten. Vernacular name - Bombay Presidency, Panch Mahals district: Sadad. Ref. GAMMIE.

Terminalia Belerica, Roxb. India (Deccan): fruits eaten. Gum reported eaten by Santals. Vernacular name - Bombay Presidency, , Surat district, Mandvi: Behedo. Ref GAMMIE, WATT.

Terminalalia macroptera, Guill. & Perr. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): unspecified part of plant eaten. Vernacular name - Hausa: Kandare. Ref. MORTIMORE.


Last update Thursday, February 19, 1998 by aw