Aceraceae Acer macrophyllum Pursh

Bigleaf Maple

Kwakiutl, Southern - Other, Cooking Tools

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 296

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Scientific name: Acer macrophyllum Pursh
USDA symbol: ACMA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bigleaf Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Wood used to carve dishes and spoons.

RECRD: 47037 id: 497