. Emergency food plants and poisonous plants of the islands of the Pacific. Plants, Edible -- Islands of the Pacific; Poisonous plants. 20 QUARTERMASTER CORPS green fruits (not more than half ripe) may be cooked and eaten; at this stage they make an excellent vegetable; the tender shoots, flowers, and young leaves may also be cooked and eaten. The mature fruits are too tough to eat. One spe- cies ((A), fig. 30) has sharply angled fruits, the other (B) has smooth fruits suggesting a smooth cucumber. The fruits of the wild form, occurring in thickets especially near the sea, are smaller than tho
. Emergency food plants and poisonous plants of the islands of the Pacific. Plants, Edible -- Islands of the Pacific; Poisonous plants. 20 QUARTERMASTER CORPS green fruits (not more than half ripe) may be cooked and eaten; at this stage they make an excellent vegetable; the tender shoots, flowers, and young leaves may also be cooked and eaten. The mature fruits are too tough to eat. One spe- cies ((A), fig. 30) has sharply angled fruits, the other (B) has smooth fruits suggesting a smooth cucumber. The fruits of the wild form, occurring in thickets especially near the sea, are smaller than those of the cultivated forms. Ix)cal names: Patola, petola, ketola, hestru, blestru, motini, pacho-. OlIlOM â¢â It t^ /f Figure 31.â^Balsam vine {Momordica charantia). 44. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Merrill, Elmer Drew, 1876-1956; United States. War Dept. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Govt. Print. Office
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