Solanaceae Solanum triflorum Nutt.
Cutleaf Nightshade
Laguna - Food, Starvation Food
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 52
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Solanum triflorum Nutt.
Scientific name: Solanum triflorum Nutt.
USDA symbol: SOTR (
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Common names: Cutleaf Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Laguna
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Berries eaten in times of food shortages.
RECRD: 41321 id: 38342