Fabaceae Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.

American Hogpeanut

Meskwaki - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 259

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Scientific name: Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.
USDA symbol: AMBRB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Hogpeanut
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Nuts gathered and stored in heaps by the mice, taken by the Meskwaki and used.

RECRD: 1251 id: 3216

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