Caprifoliaceae Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake

Common Snowberry

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Cathartic

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 95

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Scientific name: Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake
USDA symbol: SYALA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Snowberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of branches, leaves and berries taken as a physic to clean out the system.

RECRD: 12571 id: 39069

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