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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

VERBENACEAE

The Verbena family

Callicarpa mollia, Sieb. & Zucc. China: fruit eaten. Vernacular name: Scissor Berry. Ref. READ.

Clerodendrum serratum, Spreng. India (Bombay Presidency): leaves eaten; (Deccan): herb eaten. Vernacular name - Bombay Presidency, Ahmednagar and Surat districts: Bharang. Ref. GAMMIE, WATT.

Lantana Camara, L. India (Bombay Presidency): fruit eaten. (Western Rajasthan): ripe fruit eaten raw. Vernacular name - Bombay Presidency: Tantani. Rajasthan (western): Jhurmuta. Ref. GAMMIE, GUPTA & KANODIA, SAXENA.

Lantana salviæfolia, Jacq. Zululand (Ubombo district): berries eaten. Vernacular name - Zulu: Uguguvama. Ref. HELY-HUTCHINSON.

Premna integrifolia, L.; Willd. India: leaves eaten. Ref. WATT.

Premna latifolia, Roxb.; Thw. India: (Bombay Presidency): leaves eaten; (Madras Presidency): leaves and tender shoots cooked and eaten as greens. Vernacular names - Bombay Presidency: Chambari. Tamil: Nella do. Telugu: Pedda-nella-kura. Ref. GAMMIE, WATT, SHORTT.

Premna serratifolia, Blanco; L. India (Madras Presidency): leaves and tender shoots cooked and eaten as greens. Vernacular names - Tamil: Mooney do. Telugu: Ghebboon nellie. Ref. SHORTT.

Vitex doniana, Sweet. Kenya (Mbeere division, Embu district): fruit eaten. Nigeria (Kano State, northern): leaves and fruit eaten. Vernacular names - Kikuyu: mu-Buru. Hausa: 'Dinya. Kanuri: Ngaribi. English: Black Plum. Ref. MORTIMORE; RILEY & BROKENSHA.

Vitex incisa, Lam, China: seeds washed to remove bitter element, then ground into flour. Ref. READ.

Vitex Negundo, L. China: as for Vitex incisa (q.v.). Vernacular name: Vitex. Ref. READ.


Last update Tuesday, March 10, 1998 by aw