Fabaceae Phaseolus lunatus L.

Sieva Bean

Ojibwa - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 406

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Scientific name: Phaseolus lunatus L.
USDA symbol: PHLU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sieva Bean
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: The Ojibwe claim to have originally had the lima bean, but that is doubtful.

RECRD: 61 id: 26328

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