Solanaceae Lycium fremontii Gray
Fremont's Desertthorn
Cahuilla - Food, Dried Food
Use documented by:
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 87
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Lycium fremontii Gray
Scientific name: Lycium fremontii Gray
USDA symbol: LYFR (
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Common names: Fremont's Desertthorn
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Cahuilla
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Dried berries boiled into mush or ground into flour and mixed with water.
RECRD: 11511 id: 21411