Asclepiadaceae Asclepias sp.
Milkweed
Kiowa - Other, Cooking Tools
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 47
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Asclepias sp.
Scientific name: Asclepias sp.
Common names: Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Kiowa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Dried pods used as spoons.
RECRD: 10898 id: 6181