Cyperaceae Carex sp.
Sedge
Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Porridge
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 16
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Carex sp.
Scientific name: Carex sp.
Common names: Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds ground, cooked into a mush and eaten.
RECRD: 41988 id: 8114