Araceae Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John

American Skunkcabbage

Tolowa - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38

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Scientific name: Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John
USDA symbol: LYAM3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Skunkcabbage
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Tolowa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Root centers eaten after boiling eight times.

RECRD: 5907 id: 21687

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