Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Cheyenne - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14

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Scientific name: Asclepias speciosa Torr.
USDA symbol: ASSP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Showy Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Milky juice hardened and chewed as gum.

RECRD: 44685 id: 6202

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