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Lushootseed
Black Currant
Ribes laxiflorum
By Jericho
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Description:
Description:
The black currant consists of many tangling branches, most of the time it stays below 1 meter. The leaves are five pointed and hairy underneath. It has bright green to a maroon color flowers that are small and hairy. It grows purple to black berries that are waxy with small brown hairs and a disagreeable color and scent. (MacKinnon et al. 86)
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Traditional Uses:
Traditional Uses:
The currant berries are traditionally harvested in the summertime and dried, eaten with oolichan grease. They are high in vitamin C and can be made into a tea. (McMullen)
The Skagit boil just the bark for cold medicine, the Lummi boil the bark as well as the leaves along with another unknown medicine for a tonic, and the Skokomish boil the roots and tea as well for a tea for tuberculosis. (Gunther and Janish 32).
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Growing Information:
Growing Information:
It can be found along the West Coast from the top of California to the bottom of Alaska, mostly in large woods, coastal forests, and mountain slopes. (MacKinnon et al. 86)
It prefers clear spaces, like avalanche chutes or the sides of roads at lower elevations, and can be found spreading across the ground or growing on logs and stumps. (Turner and Kuhlmann 206)
Sources
Works Cited
Gunther, Erna, and Jeanne R. Janish. Ethnobotany of Western Washington : the Knowledge and Use of Indigenous Plants by Native Americans. Rev. ed ed., Seattle, U of Washington P, 1992.
I used this source for some of the information in the traditional uses part of the page
"Lushootseed Dictionary." Lushootseed Dictionary, lushootseeddictionary.appspot.com/#!EngLutCellBrowser. Accessed 9 Jan. 2024.
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MacKinnon, A., et al. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast : Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Rev ed., Vancouver, Lone Pine Pub., 1994.
This book editted by Jim Pojar and Andrew Mackinnon was utilized for the description and what states it grows in and basic growing information for the Black Current.
McMullen, Jen. Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards. 5th ed., Strong Nations, 2018.
"Ribes laxiflorum." Burke Herbarium Image Collection, 2012, www.burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes+laxiflorum. Accessed 2 May 2024.
Turner, Mark, and Ellen E. Kuhlmann. Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Timber Press, 2014.
I used this book written by Mark Turner and Ellen Kuhlmann for some information regarding where the Black Current likes to grow.
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