India (Bombay Presidency): flowers and fruit eaten. (Madras Presidency): the deciduous, fleshy corolla is eaten raw or roasted. Ripe fruit eaten. A bland [sic] cooking oil is extracted from the seeds.

The Tenpō famine devastated northeastern Japan from 1832 to 1838, with the number of deaths estimated to be double that of the Madras famine in India. Although the eruption had global impacts ...

India (Bombay Presidency): leaves boiled in water and mixed with salt, and chili peppers if available. A weed on waste, sandy soils; (Madras Presidency): leaves eaten as greens. The fruits are also ...