Brassicaceae Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch

Black Mustard

Mohegan - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83

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Scientific name: Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch
USDA symbol: BRNI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Mustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Combined with pigweed, plantain, dock and nettle and used as mixed greens.

RECRD: 42943 id: 7503

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