Lemonade berry

Scientific: Rhus integrifolia 

Common: Lemonade berry 

Español: Mangle Menor 

Chumash ('alapkaswa'): walqaqš 

Berries may have been eaten in same way as berries from Laurel sumac (Malosma laurina), pounded and dried in the sun and eaten without cooking. Other California people soaked the fruits in water to make a beverage, and the Cahuilla people ate the berries fresh or dried or made them into mush.

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. 

Lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia)

Lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia)