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domestic cherry


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
domestic cherry
Myaamia Name:  
katoohwakimišaahkwi

Media 
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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 Use - Food 

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."

Kerr, J. 1835 Use - Food 

"mugalomere, cherry tree" and "nupekecuqu, cherry tree"

Bush, L. L 1996 Use - Food 

Human charred Prunus sp. floral material recovered from an early Myaamia Village excavation at the forks of the Wabash River (Fort Wayne), 1795-1812 (Ehler Site).

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Occurs in cultivated areas and sometimes as an escape in eastern and western Myaamia lands

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Clark, J.E 1993  

The Shawnee collected fruits of this tree.