Araceae Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John

American Skunkcabbage

Salish, Coast - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 73

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Leaves used to make water dippers on camping trips.

RECRD: 47469 id: 21667

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