EMERGENCY FOOD PLANTS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



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tarum are: Fei, maia, soa'a, huetu, laufu, ddak, tungkat- 

 Idngit. 



b. Papaw or Papaya (Carica papaya). — ^This is a soft 

 wooded, erect, normally unbranched tree. It usually grows 



Figure 61. — ^Banana (A, Musa gapientum; B, Musa troglodytarum) , 



from 6 to 15 feet high. The large yellow melonlike fruits are 

 borne on the trunk, and are excellent food. The green im- 

 mature fruits may be cooked and eaten. The young leaves 

 and leaf -stems and flowers (the male flowers borne on sep- 

 arate plants) may be cooked and eaten as greens. It is, how- 



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