Fabaceae Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Breadroot Scurfpea

Omaha - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325

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Scientific name: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PEES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Breadroot Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Thickened root eaten dried.

RECRD: 31858 id: 25742

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