Poaceae Zea mays L.

Corn

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Smoke Plant

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 18

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Scientific name: Zea mays L.
USDA symbol: ZEMAM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Corn
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Smoke Plant
Notes: Dry husks of young corn used to roll cigarettes, when paper not available.

RECRD: 10403 id: 44483

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