Rosaceae Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber (S. Wats.) F.L. Martin

Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany

Kawaiisu - Other, Smoking Tools

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 18

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Scientific name: Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber (S. Wats.) F.L. Martin
USDA symbol: CEMOG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Smoking Tools
Notes: Wood carved into a pipe head and used with a hollowed section of a honeysuckle twig as a pipe stem.

RECRD: 4180 id: 8976