Rosaceae Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D. Dietr.

Hollyleaf Cherry

Luiseno - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 194

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Scientific name: Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D. Dietr.
USDA symbol: PRILI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hollyleaf Cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Luiseno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Sun dried fruit kernels made into a flour and cooked in an earthen vessel. The sun dried fruit kernels were extracted from the shells, made into a flour and then leached to remove the bitterness. The flour was either leached with hot water, placed in a rush basket and warm water poured over it or placed in a sand hole and warm water poured over it to remove the bitterness.

RECRD: 30810 id: 30444

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