Fagaceae Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm.

Interior Live Oak

Diegueno - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33

View all documented uses for Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm.

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Scientific name: Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm.
USDA symbol: QUWIF (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Interior Live Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Acorns shelled, pounded, leached and cooked into a mush or gruel.

RECRD: 2524 id: 32597

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