Paxistima myrsinites (Pursh) Raf.
Common names: Boxleaf Myrtle
Species details (USDA):
USDA PAMY
Documented uses
16 uses documented
Bella Coola
Drug, Unspecified
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J.,
1973,
The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia,
Syesis 6:193-220,
pages 203)
Karok
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford,
1952,
Karok Ethnobotany,
Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392,
pages 385)
Navajo, Ramah
Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 36)
Navajo, Ramah
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 36)
Okanagan-Colville
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(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,
pages 95)
Okanagan-Colville
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(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,
pages 95)
Okanagan-Colville
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(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,
pages 95)
Okanagan-Colville
Food, Forage
detail...
(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,
pages 95)
Paiute
Other, Decorations
detail...
(Mahar, James Michael.,
1953,
Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation,
Reed College, B.A. Thesis,
pages 88)
Saanich
Other, Cash Crop
detail...
(Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell,
1971,
The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II,
Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339,
pages 80)
Thompson
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Steedman, E.V.,
1928,
The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522,
pages 468)
Thompson
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Steedman, E.V.,
1928,
The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522,
pages 468)
Thompson
Drug, Internal Medicine
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 202)
Thompson
Drug, Orthopedic Aid
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 202)
Thompson
Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 202)
Thompson
Food, Forage
detail...
(Steedman, E.V.,
1928,
The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522,
pages 515)