Rosaceae Rosa nutkana K. Presl

Nootka Rose

Hesquiat - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 74

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Scientific name: Rosa nutkana K. Presl
USDA symbol: RONUN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nootka Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Hesquiat
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Outside of the fruit, or hip, eaten with oil.

RECRD: 720 id: 34045