BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database

Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr.

Common names: Western Chokecherry
Species details (USDA): USDA PRVID

Documented uses

105 uses documented
Atsugewi Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, pages 140)
Atsugewi Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, pages 140)
Atsugewi Food, Porridge detail... (Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, pages 139)
Blackfoot Drug, Unspecified detail... (McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, pages 277)
Blackfoot Food, Fruit detail... (McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, pages 277)
Blackfoot Food, Fruit detail... (McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, pages 277)
Blackfoot Food, Soup detail... (McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, pages 277)
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food detail... (Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, pages 119)
Cahuilla Food, Fruit detail... (Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, pages 119)
Cahuilla Food, Fruit detail... (Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, pages 119)
Cahuilla Food, Staple detail... (Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, pages 119)
Coeur d'Alene Food, Dried Food detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 89)
Coeur d'Alene Food, Fruit detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 89)
Coeur d'Alene Food, Fruit detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 89)
Coeur d'Alene Food, Soup detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 89)
Costanoan Food, Fruit detail... (Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, pages 249)
Gosiute Drug, Blood Medicine detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 378)
Gosiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 350)
Gosiute Drug, Hemostat detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 378)
Gosiute Drug, Pediatric Aid detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 350)
Gosiute Food, Dried Food detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 378)
Gosiute Food, Fruit detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 378)
Gosiute Food, Porridge detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 378)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Oral Aid detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 273)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Forage detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 273)
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Fruit detail... (Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, pages 273)
Karok Drug, Cold Remedy detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 384)
Karok Drug, Pediatric Aid detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 384)
Karok Food, Fruit detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 384)
Karok Other, Fasteners detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 384)
Karok Other, Paint detail... (Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, pages 384)
Kawaiisu Drug, Laxative detail... (Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 54)
Kawaiisu Food, Fruit detail... (Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 54)
Kawaiisu Food, Preserves detail... (Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 54)
Kawaiisu Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 54)
Kawaiisu Other, Tools detail... (Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 54)
Kiowa Food, Fruit detail... (Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 30)
Kiowa Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 30)
Klamath Food, Dried Food detail... (Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, pages 98)
Luiseno Food, Fruit detail... (Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, pages 232)
Maidu Fiber, Basketry detail... (Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, pages 71)
Mendocino Indian Drug, Antidiarrheal detail... (Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., pages 356)
Mendocino Indian Drug, Sedative detail... (Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., pages 356)
Mendocino Indian Drug, Tonic detail... (Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., pages 356)
Mendocino Indian Food, Preserves detail... (Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., pages 356)
Menominee Drug, Pulmonary Aid detail... (Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, pages 130)
Modesse Food, Fruit detail... (Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, pages 223)
Montana Indian Food, Beverage detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Montana Indian Food, Fruit detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Montana Indian Food, Preserves detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Montana Indian Food, Staple detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Montana Indian Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Montana Indian Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 54)
Navajo Other, Sacred Items detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 54)
Ojibwa Food, Dried Food detail... (Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, pages 235)
Ojibwa Food, Fruit detail... (Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, pages 235)
Ojibwa Food, Soup detail... (Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, pages 235)
Okanagon Food, Staple detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 238)
Oregon Indian Drug, Antidiarrheal detail... (Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, pages 42)
Paiute Drug, Analgesic detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Drug, Cold Remedy detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Drug, Eye Medicine detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Drug, Herbal Steam detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Paiute Food, Beverage detail... (Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, pages 84)
Paiute Food, Beverage detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 99)
Paiute Food, Beverage detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 99)
Paiute Food, Dried Food detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 99)
Paiute Food, Fruit detail... (Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, pages 84)
Paiute Food, Fruit detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 99)
Paiute Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, pages 84)
Paiute Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, pages 84)
Paiute, Northern Food, Bread & Cake detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
Paiute, Northern Food, Fruit detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
Paiute, Northern Food, Porridge detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
Paiute, Northern Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
Paiute, Northern Other, Smoke Plant detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
Round Valley Indian Food, Dried Food detail... (Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., pages 356)
Round Valley Indian Food, Fruit detail... (Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., pages 356)
Shoshoni Drug, Antiemetic detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Shoshoni Drug, Eye Medicine detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Shoshoni Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Shoshoni Drug, Herbal Steam detail... (Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, pages 123124)
Shuswap Food, Beverage detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 67)
Shuswap Food, Beverage detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 67)
Shuswap Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 67)
Shuswap Other, Paint detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 67)
Sioux Drug, Adjuvant detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Sioux Drug, Antidiarrheal detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Sioux Drug, Ceremonial Medicine detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Sioux Drug, Hemostat detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 19)
Spokan Food, Fruit detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 343)
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 477)
Thompson Drug, Tonic detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 477)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 490)
Thompson Other, Designs detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 500)
Thompson Other, Tools detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 500)
Wintoon Food, Fruit detail... (Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, pages 264)
Yuki Food, Fruit detail... (Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, pages 87)
Yuki Food, Fruit detail... (Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, pages 87)
Yurok Food, Fruit detail... (Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, pages 48)