| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Montana Indian Food, Pie & Pudding Berries mixed with sugar and flour and used to make a pudding. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 42 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Montana Indian Food, Soup Berries pulverized, shaped into round cakes, sun dried and used in soups and stews. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 42 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Montana Indian Other, Paint Sap mixed with different colored clays and used as paint for Indian designs. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 42 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Analgesic Cold infusion of dried fruit taken for stomachache. 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 31 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Leaves used as an emetic in various ceremonies. 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 31 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Leaves used as an emetic in various ceremonies. 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 31 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Cold infusion of dried fruit taken for stomachache. 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 31 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea Dried fruit used as 'life medicine.' 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 31 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Drug, Pulmonary Aid Infusion of inner bark taken for lung trouble. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 385 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Dried Food Berries used dried. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2222 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Dried Food Fruit dried for winter use. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 235 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Fruit Berries used fresh. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2222 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Fruit Fruit eaten fresh. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 235 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Fruit Fruit of this cherry was liked, especially after the fruit had been frosted. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 409 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Soup Dried berry powder mixed with dried meat flour for soup. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2222 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa Food, Soup Dried fruit ground into a flour and used to make soup. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 235 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Gynecological Aid 'Branchlets' used in unspecified manner during gestation. Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of wood, branches and bark taken for diarrhea. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of wood, branches and bark taken for colds. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of wood, branches and bark taken for coughs. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of wood scraped until pasty & applied to woman's stomach to eliminate the 'stretch marks.' 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Mashed seeds taken as a stomach medicine. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Tonic Decoction of branches and red willow roots used as a general tonic for any type of sickness. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Bread & Cake Berries mashed, seeds and all, and sun dried into thin cakes. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Fruit Berries eaten fresh. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Winter Use Food Berries stored for winter use. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator Ripened fruit indicated that the spring salmon were coming up the river to spawn. 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 127 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Omaha Food, Dried Food Fruit pounded with the pits, made into thin cakes and dried for winter use. The dried cakes were used in winter with dried corn or cooked alone with sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 326 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Omaha Food, Fruit Fruit eaten fresh. The dried cakes were used in winter with dried corn or cooked alone with sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 326 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Penobscot Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of bark taken for diarrhea. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Potawatomi Drug, Eye Medicine Bark used in an eyewash and berries used to make tonic drink. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 77, 78 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Potawatomi Drug, Tonic Berries used to make tonic drink and bark used in an eyewash. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 77, 78 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Potawatomi Food, Fruit Cherry used for food and for seasoning or flavoring wine. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 108 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Sanpoil Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of bark taken for diarrhea. Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 221 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of twigs taken for diarrhea. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of branches, sometimes with red willow branches & wild rose roots, taken for colds. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of broken sticks taken for colds. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of branches, sometimes with red willow branches & wild rose roots, taken for coughs. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Laxative Decoction of branches, sometimes with red willow branches & wild rose roots, taken as a laxative. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Decoction of branches, sometimes with red willow branches & wild rose roots, taken for influenza. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Drug, Unspecified Decoction of broken sticks taken for a sick feeling. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Food, Beverage Fruit used to make wine and juice. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Food, Dried Food Fruit, with the pit, dried for future use. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Food, Sauce & Relish Fruit used to make syrup. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana L. Common Chokecherry USDA PRVIV |
Thompson Food, Winter Use Food Fruit, with the pit, canned for future use. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 264 |
| Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. Western Chokecherry USDA PRVID |
Atsugewi Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction of bark used for bathing wounds. Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 140 |
| Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. Western Chokecherry USDA PRVID |
Atsugewi Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of leaves applied to cuts, sores, bruises and black eyes. Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 140 |
| Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. Western Chokecherry USDA PRVID |
Atsugewi Food, Porridge Ripe, mashed fruit added to water to form a paste and eaten without cooking. Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 139 |
| Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. Western Chokecherry USDA PRVID |
Blackfoot Drug, Unspecified Decoction of bark & roots of western sweet cicely, northern valerian & horehound taken internally. McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 277 |