Aceraceae Acer macrophyllum Pursh

Bigleaf Maple

Salish, Coast - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 77

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Cambium eaten in small quantities with oil.

RECRD: 47496 id: 513

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