Araceae Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott

Jack In The Pulpit

Potawatomi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 95

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Scientific name: Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott
USDA symbol: ARTRT3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Jack In The Pulpit
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Thinly sliced roots cooked in a pit oven for three days to eliminate the poison.

RECRD: 273 id: 4855

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