EMERGENCY FOOD PLANTS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



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r. Emilia sonchifolia. — ^This is a common and widely dis- 

 tributed weed and usually grows less than 1 foot high. It 

 is found in open places, meadows, wastelands, and coconut 

 plantations, but not in the forest. The flowers are pink or 



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Figure 47. — Emilia sonchifolia. 



in some forms, reddish. The whole plant may be eaten raw 

 or cooked. It is botanically allied to lettuce. Local names: 

 Djonge, momelan, sdrop, sundilan, kemandelan, pdtah- 

 kemudi, tagulinas, libum, lamlampdka, fualele, meleni-vdo. 

 s. Erechtites. — ^These two weeds are very abundant in de- 

 serted clearings and waste places. Erechtites valerianic olia 



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