Rhamnaceae Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper

Pursh's Buckthorn

Yurok - Drug, Laxative

Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 50

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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: Yurok
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Decoction of bark or bark chewed as a laxative.

RECRD: 5963 id: 15143

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