Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper

Pursh's Buckthorn

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Laxative

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 120

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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: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Infusion of bark taken as a mild laxative.

RECRD: 12797 id: 15115

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