Rosaceae Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) Robertson & Phipps

Black Chokeberry

Potawatomi - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 76

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Scientific name: Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) Robertson & Phipps
USDA symbol: PHME13 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Chokeberry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Infusion of berry used for colds.

RECRD: 93028 id: 26564

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