Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea sp.

Water Lily

Kiowa - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 27

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Scientific name: Nymphaea sp.
Common names: Water Lily
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Family (APG): Nymphaeaceae
Native American Tribe: Kiowa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Tubers stewed or prepared like potatoes.

RECRD: 10811 id: 24169

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