Phytolaccaceae Phytolacca americana L.

American Pokeweed

Mohegan - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83

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Scientific name: Phytolacca americana L.
USDA symbol: PHAMA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Pokeweed
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Family (APG): Phytolaccaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Cooked and used for food.

RECRD: 42950 id: 26844

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