Ericaceae Gaultheria shallon Pursh

Salal

Thompson - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 213

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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: Thompson
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Berries picked with the stems attached, washed, destemmed, dried and made into cakes for later use.

RECRD: 32742 id: 15697

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