Anacardiaceae Rhus trilobata Nutt.
Skunkbush Sumac
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 35
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Rhus trilobata Nutt.
Scientific name: Rhus trilobata Nutt.
USDA symbol: RHTRT (
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Common names: Skunkbush Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae
Family (APG): Anacardiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruit eaten raw, with sugar, sometimes ground and used with other foods, especially roasted corn.
RECRD: 10549 id: 33220