Fagaceae Quercus dumosa Nutt.
California Scrub Oak
Kawaiisu - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
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Quercus dumosa Nutt.
Scientific name: Quercus dumosa Nutt.
USDA symbol: QUDUD (
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Common names: California Scrub Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Acorns made into a fine meal, cooked into a mush and allowed to stand and harden into a 'cake.'
RECRD: 4372 id: 32008