Fabaceae Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook.

Cream Peavine

Ojibwa - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 406

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Scientific name: Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook.
USDA symbol: LAOC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cream Peavine
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Roots used as a sort of Indian potato and stored in deep garden pits, like regular potatoes.

RECRD: 59 id: 19716

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