France: root recommended as a famine food. Prepared as for Asphodelus albus (q.v.). India (Garhwal Himalayas): seeds eaten raw. (Punjab, Jalandhar district): seeds eaten. (Punjab [region not specified ...

either with or without the admixture of other flour. The gum of the tree is also eaten. (Garhwal Himalayas): buds and flowers cooked and pickled. Uttar Pradesh, Balrampur region: root eaten raw “like ...