Ericaceae Gaultheria shallon Pursh

Salal

Salish, Coast - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 83

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Scientific name: Gaultheria shallon Pursh
USDA symbol: GASH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Salal
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries eaten fresh.

RECRD: 47560 id: 15683

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