Solanaceae Capsicum annuum var. annuum

Cayenne Pepper

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Spice

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 42

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Scientific name: Capsicum annuum var. annuum
USDA symbol: CAANA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cayenne Pepper
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Spice
Notes: Pepper used extensively as a condiment in soups and stews.

RECRD: 10584 id: 7991

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