Rosaceae Prunus nigra Ait.

Canadian Plum

Ojibwa - Dye, Mordant

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 426

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Scientific name: Prunus nigra Ait.
USDA symbol: PRNI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Plum
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Mordant
Notes: Inner bark used as an astringent color fixative in dyeing with other plant dyes.

RECRD: 226 id: 30460

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