Araliaceae Aralia racemosa L.
American Spikenard
Menominee - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 62
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Aralia racemosa L.
Scientific name: Aralia racemosa L.
USDA symbol: ARRAR (
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Common names: American Spikenard
Family: Araliaceae
Family (APG): Araliaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: An aboriginal Menomini dish was spikenard root, wild onion, wild gooseberry and sugar.
RECRD: 1092 id: 4140