Coast live oak

Scientific: Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia 

Common: Coast live oak 

Español: Encino 

Chumash ('alapkaswa'): ku’w  

Acorns were one of the most important food sources for the Chumash who typically ground the acorns into powder or meal, processed it to remove tannins and improve texture, and served it as mush along or alongside other foods. The wood was also used for fuel and in manufacturing stirring paddles, game balls, parts of baby cradles, bowls, and perhaps mortars and boxes. Oak shoots were used to make some bows and game hoops. Charcoal from the bark was mixed with water and the liquid drank for indigestion, bowel issues, pustules and boils. Juice for oak galls was used on wounds and pustules. Hemorrhoids were treated with charred oak galls. 

Source: Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California by Jan Timbrook

'alapkaswa' refers to the local Chumash dialect spoken at the kaswa’ village near modern Hope Ranch.