Alismataceae Sagittaria cuneata Sheldon

Arumleaf Arrowhead

Ojibwa - Food, Staple

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 396

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Scientific name: Sagittaria cuneata Sheldon
USDA symbol: SACU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Arumleaf Arrowhead
Family: Alismataceae
Family (APG): Alismataceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Corms, a most valued food, boiled fresh, dried or candied with maple sugar. Muskrat and beavers store them in large caches, which the Indians have learned to recognize and appropriate.

RECRD: 412 id: 35570

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