Asclepiadaceae Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. heterophyllum (Vail) Kartesz

Hartweg's Twinevine

Papago - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 28

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Scientific name: Funastrum cynanchoides ssp. heterophyllum (Vail) Kartesz
USDA symbol: FUCYH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hartweg's Twinevine
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Gumlike secretions heated over coals and chewed by children.

RECRD: 43548 id: 15406

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