| San Felipe, Acoma, Laguna and Rio Grande, pueblos | Berries (Physalis longifolia) | Castetter 1935 |
| Hopi, Zuni | The Zuni dried and ground the berries of P. longifolia to produce a meal for making bread | Hough 1898 |
| Zuni | Berries of P. longifolia boiled or stewed to make a sweet but acrid sauce | Cushing 1974 |
| Omaha, Ponca, Dakota, and Pawnee | Fruits of P. heterophylla were made into a sauce | Gilmore 1913 |
| Cherokee | Berries (P. heterophylla) were used as food | Hamel and Chiltoskey 1975 |
| Cherokee | Berries (P. heterophylla) were used as food | Hart 1981 |
| Meskwaki | Berries (P. heterophylla) were used as food | Smith 1928 |
| Hidatsa | Eaten fresh in the field; when occasionally found in quantity, the fruits were pounded and shaped into patties and dried (P. heterophylla) | Nickel 1974 |
| Dakota | Bud clusters of P. lanceolata were used in the spring by the Dakota as food; they ate the firm young, green seed pods, boiled with meat | Gilmore 1913 |
| Omaha | P. lanceolata were used as food | Gilmore 1977 |
| Pima | P. acutifolia eaten raw | Rea 1977 |
| White Mountain Apache, Mohave, and Yuma | P. hederifolia fruits were used as food | Moerman 2011 |
| Mohave, Yuma, and Ramah Navajo | P. pubescens fruit were eaten fresh, cooked, or dried | Moerman 2011 |
| Meskwaki | P. virginiana fruit were eaten raw | Smith 1928 |
| Winnebago | P. virginiana | Kindscher and Hurlburt 1998 |
| Eastern Band of the Cherokee | P. angulata fruit were eaten fresh | Cozzo 2004 |
| Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache | P. subulata (identified as P. neomexicana) was reported to be a delicacy | Castetter and Opler 1936 |
| Mountain Pima | P. caudella consumed green or ripe, primarily by children | Laferriere et al. 1991 |