Rosaceae Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe

Fireberry Hawthorn

Ponca - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 87

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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: Ponca
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Fruit sometimes used for food, but mostly as a famine food.

RECRD: 31380 id: 11345

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