Poaceae Sporobolus giganteus Nash

Giant Dropseed

Hopi - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 20

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Scientific name: Sporobolus giganteus Nash
USDA symbol: SPGI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Dropseed
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds threshed, ground with corn into fine meal and used to make a mush.

RECRD: 45831 id: 38792

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