Ericaceae Gaultheria shallon Pursh

Salal

Oweekeno - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 96

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Scientific name: Gaultheria shallon Pursh
USDA symbol: GASH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Salal
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Branches tied into a bunch and used for whipping soapberries.

RECRD: 60908 id: 15672

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