Orobanchaceae Orobanche fasciculata Nutt.

Clustered Broomrape

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 45

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Scientific name: Orobanche fasciculata Nutt.
USDA symbol: ORFA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Clustered Broomrape
Family: Orobanchaceae
Family (APG): Orobanchaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roasted in ashes, the skin peeled off and eaten like a baked potato.

RECRD: 10601 id: 24910

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