Fagaceae Quercus gambelii Nutt.

Gambel's Oak

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Staple

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 22

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Scientific name: Quercus gambelii Nutt.
USDA symbol: QUGAG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gambel's Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Acorns eaten raw, boiled, roasted in ashes or dried, ground and cooked like corn meal.

RECRD: 10442 id: 32090

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