Portulacaceae Portulaca oleracea L.

Little Hogweed

Tewa - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 59

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Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea L.
USDA symbol: POOL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Little Hogweed
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Tewa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Fleshy plant tops boiled and eaten.

RECRD: 41944 id: 29796

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