Rhamnaceae Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r.
Alderleaf Buckthorn
Potawatomi - Drug, Cathartic
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 75
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Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r.
Scientific name: Rhamnus alnifolia L'H‚r.
USDA symbol: RHAL (
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Common names: Alderleaf Buckthorn
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Inner bark used as a physic.
RECRD: 93345 id: 32778