Celastraceae Paxistima myrsinites (Pursh) Raf.

Boxleaf Myrtle

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

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 95

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Scientific name: Paxistima myrsinites (Pursh) Raf.
USDA symbol: PAMY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Boxleaf Myrtle
Family: Celastraceae
Family (APG): Celastraceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Decoction of branches taken for tuberculosis.

RECRD: 12582 id: 25597