Araceae Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John

American Skunkcabbage

Kwakiutl, Southern - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 285

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Scientific name: Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John
USDA symbol: LYAM3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Skunkcabbage
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Leaves used with green grass leaves to line steaming boxes for cooking lupine roots.

RECRD: 46980 id: 21633

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