Aceraceae Acer negundo L.

Boxelder

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 44

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Scientific name: Acer negundo L.
USDA symbol: ACNEN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Boxelder
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Inner bark scrapings dried and kept for winter use.

RECRD: 40136 id: 539

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