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gooseberry


Entry Type:
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
gooseberry
Myaamia Name:  
akaayomišaahkwi

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Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Related Info

Gooseberry is mentioned

Rafert, S. 1989 Use - Food

"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.

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

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 Use - Food

gooseberry bush, also called "kayu-mishi"

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Baldwin, D 2003-2005 Horticultural Info

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

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Description

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

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

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

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

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

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Dunn, J.P. 1908  

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

Coulter, S 1899  

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