Grossulariaceae Ribes cereum Dougl.

Wax Currant

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Eye 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 107

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Scientific name: Ribes cereum Dougl.
USDA symbol: RICEC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wax Currant
Family: Grossulariaceae
Family (APG): Grossulariaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Infusion of inner bark used to wash sore eyes.

RECRD: 12687 id: 33407

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