Poaceae Zea mays L.

Corn

Hopi - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 67

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Scientific name: Zea mays L.
USDA symbol: ZEMAM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Corn
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Made into hominy and other dishes, plant constituted the main food supply.

RECRD: 41401 id: 44399

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