Ribes cynobasti -L.-
gooseberry


Entry Type: Species

Species Name: Ribes cynobasti -L.-

Common Name: gooseberry

Myaamia Name: akaayomišaahkwi

Description:

Harvest Seasons: Undetermined

Harvest Comments:

Habitats: Undetermined

Uses: Food

Locations: Undetermined

Sources

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

Gooseberry is mentioned

Comments: N/A

Rafert, S. 1989

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

"Well, the gooseberry was pretty controversial, whether they ate them or not. When the gooseberry was ripe, they turned purple, and they're fairly good to eat. They just wouldn't have passed up a thing like a gooseberry," described as a native plant.

Comments: From a secondary source, that Marks heard about or read about. Primary source unknown. – Michael Gonella

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

In the traditional story of Young Thunder William Pecongah, he describes the crops he had growing on his land 160 acres of reserve in central Indiana. "There I planted corn, wheat, potatoes, peas, tobacco, beans, apple trees, pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, onions, hay, straw, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, turnips, tomatoes, pawpaws, cherries, strawberries, plums, blackhaws, peaches, walnut trees, pecans, hickory nuts, barley and rye."

Comments: N/A

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

gooseberry bush, also called "kayu-mishi"

Comments: N/A

Baldwin, D 2003-2005

Reference Type: Horticultural Info

Archival Data :

Gooseberry (akaayomi$aahkwa) is commonly referred to as a shrub or bush.

Comments: N/A

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006

Reference Type: Description

Archival Data :

Records in this species may also be referring to R. uva-crispa.

Comments: N/A

Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991

Reference Type: Habitat

Archival Data :

R. cynobasti occurs in moist woods throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Comments: N/A

Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991

Reference Type: Habitat

Archival Data :

R. uva crispa is native to the Europe and northern Africa and occurs as an escape from cultivated areas in eastern Myaamia lands.

Comments: N/A

Dunn, J.P. 1908

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

Myaamia words for gooseberry and gooseberry-like shrub mentioned by Dunn (ca. 1909, in notes), with no mention of their use.

Comments: N/A

Coulter, S 1899

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

Gooseberries (dogberries) bearing prickly fruits are consistently equated with Ribes cynobasti.

Comments: N/A

Legends

  • L.: L. stands for Carl Linneaus, a Swedish botanist and zoologist living from 1707 - 1778, who formed the binomial nomenclature system for scientific naming of species (the two part name). His initial after a scientific name indicates he was the authority for that species name.
  • sp.: Indicates the actual species name cannot or need not be specified. Example: Lilium sp. indicates a single species in the genus Lilium that is not known or does not need to be specified.
  • spp.: (plural) indicates "several species", two or more species of the given genus. Example: Lilium spp. indicates 2 or more species in the genus that cannot or do not need to be distinguished.
  • Use - Unknown: A record for this plant exists but does not include explicit information about the plant's cultural use. It is probable the Myaamia used the plant.
  • Botanical Sources: Sources of any botanical data for this plant species that is not related to its cultural use or significance.
  • Related Sources: Data indirectly related to Myaamia ethnobotany, including non-Myaamia uses of the plant in contemporary and historic times.
  • Myaamia Archival Sources: All records of plant use obtained directly from a Myaamia tribal member in an interview, recorded by a second party or by self-recording.
  • Undetermined (Plant Use): There exists use or other information about a certain, unknown plant species, but the specific species has not yet been determined.
  • Medicinal: For the purposes of this database, medicinal uses of plants and medicinal knowledge are defined as: Commonly held communal knowledge regarding the use of plant-based substances that aid in maintaining a healthy mind, body or spirit, including tonics and teas.
  • Technology: For the purposes of this database, technological uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in the making of food processing, canoes, rafts, dyes, tools, utensils, weapons, hunting and fishing gear (i.e. net, weir, etc.), cordage, string, rope, fodder plant species, firewood, any plants used in trade, etc.
  • Material: For the purposes of this database, material uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in construction of dwellings (floor mats, roofing, side walls), furniture, baskets, storage items, musical instruments, games, crafts, jewelry, cordage used in crafts, etc.
  • Food: For the purposes of this database, food uses of plants are defined as: Plants used as consumed food, spices and seasonings, but not teas or tonics.
  • Customs: For the purposes of this database, customary uses of plants are defined as: Plants involved in a customary ceremony, ritual or traditional event, including ritual smoking, chewing tobacco, war rituals, special mats used to sit on during ceremonies. Customary uses of plants, in this database, does not including plants used for recreation (material), structures where ceremonies take place (material) or medicinal smoking (medicinal).
  • Eastern Myaamia Lands: Eastern Myaamia lands (eastern myaamionki) are centered around northern Indiana, and including western Ohio, eastern Illinois, southern Michigan, and the northernmost portions of Kentucky.
  • Western Myaamia Lands: Western Myaamia lands (western myaamionki) include western Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.