Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper

Pursh's Buckthorn

Kwakiutl - Drug, Laxative

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 288

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Scientific name: Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper
USDA symbol: FRPU7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pursh's Buckthorn
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Decoction of dried bark taken as a laxative.

RECRD: 93399 id: 15101

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