Thymelaeaceae Dirca palustris L.

Eastern Leatherwood

Ojibwa - Drug, Diuretic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 390

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Scientific name: Dirca palustris L.
USDA symbol: DIPA9 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eastern Leatherwood
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Family (APG): Thymelaeaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diuretic
Notes: Infusion of bark taken as a diuretic.

RECRD: 85137 id: 12621

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