Asclepiadaceae Asclepias cordifolia (Benth.) Jepson

Heartleaf Milkweed

Karok - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 19

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Scientific name: Asclepias cordifolia (Benth.) Jepson
USDA symbol: ASCO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Heartleaf Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Latex boiled, condensed and chewed.

RECRD: 5817 id: 6082

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