Chenopodiaceae Atriplex powellii S. Wats.

Powell's Saltweed

Zuni - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 66

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Scientific name: Atriplex powellii S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ATPO2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Powell's Saltweed
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Seeds eaten raw before the presence of corn & afterwards, ground with corn meal & made into a mush.

RECRD: 32849 id: 6713

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