Araceae Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John

American Skunkcabbage

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Containers

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35

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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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Containers
Notes: Leaves placed over and under the food in steaming pit cooking.

RECRD: 12209 id: 21650

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