Ericaceae Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.

Kinnikinnick

Okanagan-Colville - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 101

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Scientific name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
USDA symbol: ARUV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kinnikinnick
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries used for food.

RECRD: 12630 id: 4626