Douglas’ nightshade

Scientific: Solanum douglasii 

Common: Douglas’ nightshade 

Español: Chichiquelite 

Chumash ('alapkaswa'): ’aqulpop’ 

Warning: members of the nightshade family can be toxic! 

Berries were eaten both raw and boiled, and more recently, they were cooked into pies. Leaves or berries were used to treat poison oak. Young leaves were used in water to wash hair. Juice of the leaves was used in tattooing. 

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.