Ericaceae Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.

Red Huckleberry

Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Special Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 284

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Scientific name: Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
USDA symbol: VAPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Red Huckleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Berries boiled, mixed with red salmon spawn and oil and eaten at feasts in winter ceremonies.

RECRD: 46976 id: 42322

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