Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper

Pursh's Buckthorn

Makah - Drug, Adjuvant

Use documented by:
Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 286

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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: Makah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Adjuvant
Notes: Bark mixed with crab apple bark to prevent the crab apple from constipating the user.

RECRD: 6269 id: 15103

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