Berberidaceae Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

Hollyleaved Barberry

Sanpoil - Food, Preserves

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 85

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Scientific name: Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: MAAQ2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hollyleaved Barberry
Family: Berberidaceae
Family (APG): Berberidaceae
Native American Tribe: Sanpoil
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Preserves
Notes: Berries boiled into a jam.

RECRD: 12500 id: 21856

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