Barona Cultural Center & Museum

Title:                     Lemonade Berry

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'Iipay Name:        hapa ne'urr

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Family:                 Anacardiaceae

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Genus/Species:  Rhus integrifolia 

 

Traditional Uses:   

Berries used as a drink for constipation; fruits used as a syrup for stomach aches and coughs; seeds made into a tea for fever; bark made into a tea for babies; berries can be eaten fresh or used to flavor water; seeds ground, leached and boiled into mush.

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Collected on the Barona Indian Reservation, San Diego County, April 14, 2016

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Collector:            Ella Travelstead