Pinaceae Pinus lambertiana Dougl.

Sugar Pine

Kawaiisu - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 50

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Scientific name: Pinus lambertiana Dougl.
USDA symbol: PILA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sugar Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Sap, drained through a hole cut into the tree, dried into a 'powdered sugar' and eaten.

RECRD: 4317 id: 27762

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