Solanaceae Solanum jamesii Torr.

Wild Potato

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 42

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Scientific name: Solanum jamesii Torr.
USDA symbol: SOJA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Potato
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Unpeeled potatoes boiled and eaten.

RECRD: 40117 id: 38291

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