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Famine Foods
Compiled by Robert Freedman

ACTINIDIACEAE

Actinidia chinensis, Planch. in Hook. China: fruit and leaves eaten. Elsewhere: used in conserves and preserves. Vernacular name: Ichang Gooseberry. Ref. READ, UPHOF.

Saurauia napaulensis, DC. var. montana, C.F. Liang & Y.S. Wang. India (north): fruit eaten in times of famine. Ref. HOOGLAND.


Last update Tuesday, January 20, 1998 by aw