Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium album L.

Lambsquarters

Navajo - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 43

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Scientific name: Chenopodium album L.
USDA symbol: CHALA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lambsquarters
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young, tender plants eaten raw, boiled as herbs alone or with other foods.

RECRD: 2827 id: 9410

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