Hydrophyllaceae Nama demissum var. demissum

Purplemat

Kawaiisu - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43

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Scientific name: Nama demissum var. demissum
USDA symbol: NADED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purplemat
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds pounded in a bedrock mortar and boiled into a mush.

RECRD: 4295 id: 23588

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