Cornaceae Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
Redosier Dogwood
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Blood Medicine
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 96
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Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
Scientific name: Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
USDA symbol: COSES (
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Common names: Redosier Dogwood
Family: Cornaceae
Family (APG): Cornaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Decoction of inner bark and chokecherry bark or alder bark taken to help circulation.
RECRD: 0 id: 11090