Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.
Common Milkweed
Mohegan - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83
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Asclepias syriaca L.
Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA symbol: ASSY (
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Common names: Common Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Cooked and used for food.
RECRD: 42947 id: 6309