Ericaceae Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.

Red Huckleberry

Nitinaht - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 109

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Scientific name: Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
USDA symbol: VAPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Red Huckleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Berries mashed, poured into frames, dried into cakes, soaked, boiled and eaten with oil or syrup.

RECRD: 47316 id: 42329

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