Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium album L.

Lambsquarters

Ojibwa - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2209

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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: Ojibwa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young plant cooked as greens.

RECRD: 6053 id: 9417

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