Amaranthaceae Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Redroot Amaranth

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Special Food

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 26

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Scientific name: Amaranthus retroflexus L.
USDA symbol: AMRE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Redroot Amaranth
Family: Amaranthaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Seeds winnowed, ground with maize, made into bread and used as a ceremonial food in Nightway.

RECRD: 10484 id: 2825

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