Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper

Pursh's Buckthorn

Karok - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385

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Scientific name: Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper
USDA symbol: FRPU7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pursh's Buckthorn
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Karok
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Infusion of bark taken as a physic.

RECRD: 93395 id: 15094

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