Salicaceae Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.

Eastern Cottonwood

Cheyenne - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 36

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Scientific name: Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
USDA symbol: PODED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eastern Cottonwood
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Brown, gummy leaf buds scratched and used to make a red dye.

RECRD: 44742 id: 29358

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