Fabaceae Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.

Trailing Fuzzybean

Choctaw - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 8

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Scientific name: Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
USDA symbol: STHE4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Trailing Fuzzybean
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Choctaw
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Boiled, mashed roots used for food.

RECRD: 21204 id: 38994

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