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Salal or
shallon (
Gaultheria shallon,
Ericaceae) is a leathery-leaved shrub native to western
North America. Its dark blue "berries" (actually swollen
sepals) are edible and are efficient appetite suppressants, with a unique flavor. Salal berries were a significant food resource for native people, who both ate them fresh and dried them into cakes. They were also used as a
sweetener, and the
Haida used them to thicken salmon eggs. The leaves of the plant were also sometimes used to flavor fish soup. They are often combined with
Oregon-grape because the tartness of the latter makes up for the mild sweetness of salal.
Salal is very tolerant of both open sun and shady conditions. In coastal areas it can form deep, nearly impenetrable thickets. It grows as far north as
Baranof Island,
Alaska.
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