Rosaceae Prunus virginiana L.

Common Chokecherry

Omaha - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 326

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Scientific name: Prunus virginiana L.
USDA symbol: PRVIV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Chokecherry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruit pounded with the pits, made into thin cakes and dried for winter use. The dried cakes were used in winter with dried corn or cooked alone with sugar.

RECRD: 31884 id: 30849

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