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The occurrence of famines in various parts of the world, especially in primitive tropical areas, has compelled the inhabitants of those regions to subsist at such times primarily on an enormous variety of wild plants, a few of which are discussed in this article, that otherwise would be relatively little utilized by them.
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Irvine, F.R. Supplementary and emergency food plants of West Africa. Econ Bot 6, 23–40 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859192
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859192