Salicaceae Salix pulchra Cham.
Tealeaf Willow
Eskimo, Alaska - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34
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Salix pulchra Cham.
Scientific name: Salix pulchra Cham.
USDA symbol: SAPU15 (
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Common names: Tealeaf Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Alaska
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young leaves gathered in the spring and eaten raw with seal oil.
RECRD: 32769 id: 36030