Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 45

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Scientific name: Asclepias speciosa Torr.
USDA symbol: ASSP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Showy Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: 'Milk' squeezed from leaves and stems and chewed as gum.

RECRD: 40170 id: 6197

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