Lennoaceae Pholisma arenarium Nutt. ex Hook.

Desert Christmas Tree

Kawaiisu - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 48

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Scientific name: Pholisma arenarium Nutt. ex Hook.
USDA symbol: PHAR5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desert Christmas Tree
Family: Lennoaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Stems eaten raw, 'roasted' or baked below the fire 'like mushrooms.'

RECRD: 4307 id: 26487

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