Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.

Common Milkweed

Ojibwa - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397

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Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA symbol: ASSY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Fresh flowers and shoot tips, mucilaginous like okra when cooked, used in meat soups.

RECRD: 418 id: 6312

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