Fabaceae Apios americana Medik.

Groundnut

Omaha - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325

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Scientific name: Apios americana Medik.
USDA symbol: APAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Groundnut
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Thickened root boiled until the skin came off and used for food.

RECRD: 31855 id: 3702

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