Polygonaceae Rumex maritimus L.
Golden Dock
Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Porridge
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 20
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Rumex maritimus L.
Scientific name: Rumex maritimus L.
USDA symbol: RUMA4 (
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Common names: Golden Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds made into a mush and used for food.
RECRD: 41996 id: 35421