Rosaceae Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg.
Black Chokecherry
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 31
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Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg.
Scientific name: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg.
USDA symbol: PRVIM (
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Common names: Black Chokecherry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Fruit ground and made into small cakes.
RECRD: 10530 id: 31001