Typhaceae Typha latifolia L.

Broadleaf Cattail

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 14

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Scientific name: Typha latifolia L.
USDA symbol: TYLA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Broadleaf Cattail
Family: Typhaceae
Family (APG): Typhaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Rhizomes eaten raw in summer.

RECRD: 10353 id: 41280

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