Pinaceae Picea sp.

Spruce

Penobscot - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 309

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Scientific name: Picea sp.
Common names: Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Penobscot
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Gum extensively chewed as a 'pastime.'

RECRD: 46714 id: 27303

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