Asclepiadaceae Asclepias eriocarpa Benth.

Woollypod Milkweed

Karok - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 388

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Scientific name: Asclepias eriocarpa Benth.
USDA symbol: ASER (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woollypod Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Milk stirred, heated, mixed with salmon fat or deer grease and used for chewing gum.

RECRD: 8612 id: 6095

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