Rosaceae Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe

Fireberry Hawthorn

Omaha - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 326

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Scientific name: Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe
USDA symbol: CRCH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fireberry Hawthorn
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Fruit eaten by adults in times of famine.

RECRD: 31871 id: 11342

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