TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Section I. Purpose and scope 1-2 1 



II. Reassurance and warning 3-5 2 



ni. Assistance and advice of natives 6-8 3 



IV. Miscellaneous information 9-10 4 



V. Edible ferns 11-12 5 



VI. Edible herbs 13-14 10 



VII. Edible palms 15-16 17 



Vni. Edible grasses 17-18 26 



IX. Edible tubers 19 30 



X. Plants eaten as greens 20 43 



XI. Edible fruits 21-22 75 



XII. Edible seeds 23 110 



XIII. Poisonous plants 24 125 



XIV. Plants used to stupefy fish 25-26 132 



LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS 



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1. Tree fern (Cyathea) 12 6 



2. Swamp fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides) 12 7 



3. Paco (Athyrium esculentum) 12 8 



4. Stenochlaena palustris, Acrostichum aurcum__ 12 9 



5. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) 14 12 



6. Schizmatoglottis calyptrata 14 13 



7. Elephant ear (Alocasia macrorrhiza) 14 14 



8. Cyrtosperma chamissonis 14 15 



9. Amorphophallus campanulatus 14 16 



10. Sago palm (Metroxylon) 16 19 



11. Salacca edulis 16 20 



12. Rattan palm (Calamus) 16 21 



13. Buri palm (Corypha), Fishtail palm (Caryota), 



Sugar palm (Arenga) 16 23 



14. Coconut (Cocos nucifera) 16 24 



15. Nipa palm (Nipa fruticans) 16 25 



16. Job's tears (Coix lachryma-jobi) 1 18 27 



17. Setaria palmifolia 18- 28 



18. Bamboo shoots (several types) 18 29 



19. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) 19 31 



20. Cassava, manioc, or tapioca (Manihot 



esculenta) 19 32 



21. Greater yam (Dioscorea alata) 19 33 



22. Bulb yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) ^-_ 19 34 



23. Goa yam (Dioscorea esculenta) 19 35 



24. Buck yam (Dioscorea pentaphylla) 19 36 



25. Wild yam (Dioscorea hispida) 19 37 



26. Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) 19 38 



27. Yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) 19 40 



28. Polynesian arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides) _ 19 41 



29. Water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) 19 42 



30. Luffa cylindrica, Luffa acutangula 20 43 



31. Balsam vine (Momordica charantia) 20 44 



32. Commelinaceae 20 46 



