Hydrangeaceae Philadelphus lewisii Pursh

Gordon's Mockorange

Saanich - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

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 84

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Scientific name: Philadelphus lewisii Pursh
USDA symbol: PHLE4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gordon's Mockorange
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Family (APG): Hydrangeaceae
Native American Tribe: Saanich
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Wood occasionally used to make bows and arrows.

RECRD: 47604 id: 26397

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