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Quercus dumosa revoluta California scrub oak Evergreen shrub (1 Page of 5) The Quercus dumosa revoluta plant species is found in Southwestern N. America - California. It is a member of the Fagaceae family. Common gardeners may know the plant as California scrub oak. Cultivation | Propagation | General Uses Medicinal | Edible Uses Latin Name: Quercus dumosa revoluta Common Name: California scrub oak Family: Fagaceae Author: Sarg. Known Hazards: None known Mature Height: 4 Mature Width: Habitat: Coastal ranges[11].
Edible Uses: Seed - cooked[161]. It can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a thickening in stews etc or mixed with cereals for making bread. The seed, which is up to 35mm long and 15mm wide[82], contains bitter tannins. These can be leached out by thoroughly washing the seed in running water though many minerals will also be lost. Either the whole seed can be used or the seed can be dried and ground it into a powder. It can take several days or even weeks to properly leach whole seeds, one method was to wrap them in a cloth bag and place them in a stream. Leaching the powder is quicker. A simple taste test can tell when the tannin has been leached. The traditional method of preparing the seed was to bury it in boggy ground overwinter. The germinating seed was dug up in the spring when it would have lost most of its astringency.
The roasted seed is a coffee substitute.
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