Rosaceae Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Pacific Ninebark
Kwakiutl - Drug, Venereal Aid
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 289
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Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
Scientific name: Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze
USDA symbol: PHCA11 (
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Common names: Pacific Ninebark
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Root extract used for locomotor ataxia.
RECRD: 91230 id: 26775