Rosaceae Physocarpus malvaceus (Greene) Kuntze

Mallow Ninebark

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Hunting Medicine

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 126

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Scientific name: Physocarpus malvaceus (Greene) Kuntze
USDA symbol: PHMA5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mallow Ninebark
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Infusion of bark used to wash arrows and other hunting equipment to protect them from spells.

RECRD: 12849 id: 26780

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