Amaranthaceae Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer

Greenstripe

Hopi - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74

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Scientific name: Amaranthus acanthochiton Sauer
USDA symbol: AMAC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Greenstripe
Family: Amaranthaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Used numerous times to ward off famines.

RECRD: 41455 id: 2693

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