Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper

Pursh's Buckthorn

Salish, Coast - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 86

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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Bark soaked in cold water and used as an excellent tonic.

RECRD: 47617 id: 15121

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