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Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Berries dried for future use.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 38
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Cahuilla Food, Fruit
Berries eaten fresh.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 38
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Costanoan Food, Fruit
Raw fruits used for food.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 249
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Hopi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Used to make bows and arrows.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Kawaiisu Food, Fruit
Fruit eaten sparingly while fresh.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 11
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Kawaiisu Other, Ceremonial Items
Sticks used in a Kawaiisu tale. Coyote sharpens the ends of the sticks (some versions refer to the roots) and plants them, points upward, on one side of his house. Grizzly Bear, chasing coyote over the house, jumps on the points and is killed.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 11
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Kawaiisu Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Stems used to make arrows and gun cleaners.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 11
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Pomo, Kashaya Drug, Gynecological Aid
Decoction of boiled roots taken to check too-frequent menstruation.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 104
Amelanchier pallida Greene
Pale Serviceberry
USDA AMPA2
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber, Building Material
Stems and foliage used to thatch inland houses.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 104