Ericaceae Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl. ex Torr.

Blue Huckleberry

Hanaksiala - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 244

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Scientific name: Vaccinium membranaceum Dougl. ex Torr.
USDA symbol: VAME (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Blue Huckleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Berries dried in the form of cakes and reconstituted during the winter.

RECRD: 61327 id: 42056

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