Poaceae Avena fatua L.

Wild Oat

Diegueno - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 15

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Scientific name: Avena fatua L.
USDA symbol: AVFA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Oat
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Moistened, hulled kernels boiled and eaten as hot cereal.

RECRD: 2435 id: 6758

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