Flagellaria indica.
Botanical name:
Flagellaria indica Linn. Flagellarieae.
Tropical shores from Africa to the Samoan Islands. In Fiji, the ears of this plant are eaten.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
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