Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.

Silverberry

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Cooking Tools

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 99

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Scientific name: Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb.
USDA symbol: ELCO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silverberry
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Family (APG): Elaeagnaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Inner bark twisted to make soapberry beaters.

RECRD: 12624 id: 12985

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