Celastraceae Paxistima myrsinites (Pursh) Raf.

Boxleaf Myrtle

Saanich - Other, Cash Crop

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 80

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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: Saanich
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cash Crop
Notes: Branches sold to local florist shops.

RECRD: 47529 id: 25600

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