Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Viburnum lentago L.

Family: Caprifoliaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Viburnum ×vetteri Zabel

Common names:

Akiwasas (1919, Pawnee, naming names) (37)

Black haw (1806-1923, Meriwether Lewis, misapplied) (5, 35, 37, 57, 156, 158)

Black thorn (1876-1923, misapplied) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Canadian viburnum (1785) (8)

Mna (1919, Dakota, Mna-hu is black haw bush) (37)

Nanny bush [Nanny-bush, Nannybush] (1898-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Nannyberry [Nanny-berry] (1876-Present) (3, 4, 5, 37, 50, 53, 92, 93, 95, 107, 109, 112, 138, 156, 158)

Nannyberry viburnum (1942) (155)

Nanny-plum [Nanny plum] (1900-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156, 158)

Nanshaman (Omaha-Ponca) (1919) (37)

Sheepberry [Sheep berry, Sheep-berry] (1840-1986) (2, 4, 5, 19, 53, 72, 82, 92, 95, 105, 107, 109, 113, 130, 156, 158)

Sheepberry bark [Sheep berry bark] (1876) (92)

Sweet viburnum (1895-1923) (2, 5, 63, 92, 107, 131, 156, 158)

Sweetberry [Sweet berry, Sweet-berry] (1900-1936) (5, 93, 156, 158)

Tea plant [Tea-plant] (1896-1923?, Madison Wi, obsolete by 1923, misapplied) (5, 76, 156, 158)

Teta-minan (1932, Chippewa) (105)

Viorne à manchettes (1785, French) (8)

Wayfarer's tree (1922) (53)

Wild raisin (1900-1923, Penobscot Co. ME) (5, 75, 107, 156, 158)

Wuwu (1919, Winnebago) (37)

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