Rosaceae Prunus serotina Ehrh.

Black Cherry

Menominee - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 71

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Scientific name: Prunus serotina Ehrh.
USDA symbol: PRSES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Cherries, if eaten when picked and allowed to stand some time, said to make the Indian drunk.

RECRD: 1141 id: 30634

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