Fabaceae Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn.

Giant Vetch

Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 285

View all documented uses for Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn.

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Scientific name: Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn.
USDA symbol: VINIG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Vetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Pea-like fruits roasted and used for food.

RECRD: 46984 id: 43217

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