Bangiaceae Porphyra abbottae Krishnamurthy

Edible Seaweed

Oweekeno - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 47

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Scientific name: Porphyra abbottae Krishnamurthy
Common names: Edible Seaweed
Family: Bangiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Whole plant formed into flat sheets, pressed in boxes, dried and made into cakes.

RECRD: 60757 id: 29705