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Cattail

One of the most important wild carbohydrate and pollen-flour sources across North America.

Benefits

Key compounds

Starchprotein-rich pollenfibervitamin K

May help with

Best for these goals

Wild-food nutritiontraditional energy

How to use it

Peeled young shoots eaten raw or cooked; rhizome starch processed into flour; golden pollen used as flour

Evidence level

Traditional

Cautions & interactions

Harvest ONLY from clean, unpolluted water — cattail readily absorbs pollutants. Before flowering it can resemble toxic iris; identify with care.
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