Liliaceae Maianthemum canadense Desf.
Canada Beadruby
Potawatomi - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 105
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Maianthemum canadense Desf.
Scientific name: Maianthemum canadense Desf.
USDA symbol: MACA4 (
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Common names: Canada Beadruby
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries eaten, but the preparation as a food was not discovered.
RECRD: 302 id: 22043