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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

ERYTHROXYLACEAE

Erythroxylum areolatum, Billib. ex Beurl.; L.; Poep. ex Griseb.; Vell. India (Madras Presidency): tender leaves eaten as greens. Vernacular names - Tamil: Davaahdarum keeray. Telugu: Devadary kura. Ref. SHORTT.

Erythroxylum monogynum, Roxb. India: leaves and young shoots eaten. Ref. WATT.

Sethia Indica, DC. India (Madras Presidency): leaves and tender shoots eaten as greens. Vernacular names - Tamil: Tavadrum, Semmanatty. Telugu: Adivi gerenea, Davadary. Ref. SHORTT.


Last update Thursday, February 26, 1998 by aw