Caprifoliaceae Sambucus racemosa L.

Scarlet Elderberry

Kwakiutl, Southern - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 280

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Scientific name: Sambucus racemosa L.
USDA symbol: SARAR3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Scarlet Elderberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Berries pit steamed, dried over fire into cakes and eaten at noon.

RECRD: 46919 id: 36801

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