Search for Melica found 4 matches:

Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & Coult.
Oniongrass; Poaceae
Pomo Food (Porridge)
Raw roots pounded like pinole.
Gifford, E. W. 1967 Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo. Anthropological Records 25:10-15 (p. 11)


Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & Coult.
Oniongrass; Poaceae
Pomo Food (Unspecified)
Raw roots used for food.
Gifford, E. W. 1967 Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo. Anthropological Records 25:10-15 (p. 11)


Melica imperfecta Trin.
Smallflower Melicgrass; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Drug (Toothache Remedy)
Plant clump used to discard children's milk teeth, "then another one will grow in."
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 40)


Melica imperfecta Trin.
Smallflower Melicgrass; Poaceae
Kawaiisu Food (Porridge)
Seeds winnowed, pounded in a bedrock mortar and cooked into a mush.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 40)