Polypodiaceae Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat.

Licorice Fern

Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 264

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Scientific name: Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat.
USDA symbol: POGL8 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Licorice Fern
Family: Polypodiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Roots dried, steamed and eaten during famines.

RECRD: 46953 id: 28997

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