Rosaceae Cercocarpus sp.

Mountain Mahogany

Keresan - Dye, Red

Use documented by:
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 562

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Scientific name: Cercocarpus sp.
Common names: Mountain Mahogany
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Keresan
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Used to make a red dye for staining moccasins.

RECRD: 3102 id: 8986