Ranunculaceae Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt.

Western Buttercup

Aleut - Drug, Poison

Use documented by:
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 428

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Scientific name: Ranunculus occidentalis Nutt.
USDA symbol: RAOCO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Aleut
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Flower juice slipped into food to cause a person 'to waste away to nothing.'

RECRD: 93294 id: 32691

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