Empetraceae Empetrum nigrum L.

Black Crowberry

Tsimshian - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 332

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Scientific name: Empetrum nigrum L.
USDA symbol: EMNIN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Crowberry
Family: Empetraceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Tsimshian
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries used for food.

RECRD: 61554 id: 13091

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