Fabaceae Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins

California Redbud

Navajo - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 21

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Scientific name: Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins
USDA symbol: CECAT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: California Redbud
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Pods roasted in ashes and seeds eaten.

RECRD: 41038 id: 8879

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