Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper
Pursh's Buckthorn
Kwakiutl - Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 288
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Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper
Scientific name: Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper
USDA symbol: FRPU7 (
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Common names: Pursh's Buckthorn
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Decoction of dried bark taken for biliousness.
RECRD: 93398 id: 15100