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Family Index | Genus Index | References | Famine Foods | NewCROP Homepage Famine Foods Compiled by Robert Freedman MUSACEAE Musa ornata, Roxb. India (Deccan): root, scape (leafless flower stalk), and convolute leaf-sheaths eaten. Ref. WATT. Musa paradisiaca, L. Yucatan: corm eaten as a famine food by the Huastec Maya. It is said that, after one month of continually eating this, a person swells ...