Anacardiaceae Rhus microphylla Engelm. ex Gray

Littleleaf Sumac

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Preserves

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 46

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Scientific name: Rhus microphylla Engelm. ex Gray
USDA symbol: RHMI3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Littleleaf Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae
Family (APG): Anacardiaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Preserves
Notes: Dried fruits ground, pulp mixed with water and sugar and cooked to make jam.

RECRD: 40184 id: 33018

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