Solanaceae Solanum triflorum Nutt.
Cutleaf Nightshade
Zuni - Food, Sauce & Relish
Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 71
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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: Zuni
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sauce & Relish
Notes: Ripe fruit boiled, ground, mixed with ground chile & salt & eaten as a condiment with mush or bread.
RECRD: 32884 id: 38346