Aceraceae Acer rubrum L.

Red Maple

Abnaki - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 170

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Scientific name: Acer rubrum L.
USDA symbol: ACRUR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Red Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Abnaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Sap used to make sugar.

RECRD: 50407 id: 602