Aristolochiaceae Asarum canadense L.
Canadian Wildginger
Potawatomi - Food, Spice
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 96
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Asarum canadense L.
Scientific name: Asarum canadense L.
USDA symbol: ASCA (
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Common names: Canadian Wildginger
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Family (APG): Aristolochiaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Root flavored meat or fish and rendered otherwise inedible food, palatable.
RECRD: 275 id: 6040