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The Eskimo potato is a type of edible plant that grows in the northern areas of Canada and Alaska. The plant's scientific name is variously attributed as either Claytonia tuberosa [1] [2] (Inuit: oatkuk [3]) or Hedysarum alpinum (Inuit: mashu [3]).
Berries are sometimes found up to 20 feet high. Cooking the berries removes an alkaloid that may upset the stomach. Said to have the ability to calm nerves. Consumption of seeds, immature berries, stems, and roots, may cause cyanide poisoning. [5] Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus: Néx'w: Eaten raw, also commonly used in jams and jellies. Fruits ...
The roots are said to taste like young carrots. [2] The Inupiat people call the plant wild potato and obtain dietary fiber from the roots. Alpine sweetvetch is the most important food source for the Dena'ina people after wild fruit species. [1] The Eskimo train dogs to locate stores of roots that have been cached by mice.
Not all species have safely edible fruit. fruits of the Gaultheria plants. Procumbens fruit is known as Teaberry, whereas Shallon is known as Salal and Hispidula is called Moxie Plum. Ogeechee Fruit. Most prized species of Tupelo for edibility, though all native Tupelo species have edible fruit. Gum Bully Olives, aka American Olives; Beautyberry
Rumex arcticus, commonly known as arctic dock [1] or sourdock, is a perennial flowering plant that is native to Alaska. Its leaves are an important part of the diet of the Alaska Natives such as the Yup'ik people, who include it in various dishes such as akutaq .
Masu, a plant, Hedysarum alpinum, whose edible root is consumed by the Inuit of Alaska Masu salmon or cherry salmon, a species of salmon or trout of the North-West Pacific region Topics referred to by the same term
Cirsium edule, the edible thistle [2] or Indian thistle, [3] is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium, native to western North America from southeastern Alaska south through British Columbia to Washington and Oregon, and locally inland to Idaho. [4] It is a larval host to the mylitta crescent and the painted lady. [5]
The leaves and roots of E. angustifolium are also edible and, because of their astringent properties, [15] used by the Yupik peoples for medicinal purposes, through a process of decoction, infusion or poultice, to treat ailments of the human gastrointestinal tract, [26] and in the Old World for the treatment of diarrhoea. [27]