Amaranthaceae Amaranthus sp.

Amaranth

Navajo - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 23

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Scientific name: Amaranthus sp.
Common names: Amaranth
Family: Amaranthaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Seeds ground into meal and chewed by the handful to obtain sugar.

RECRD: 41057 id: 2833

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