Elaeagnaceae Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.

Russet Buffaloberry

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Hunting Medicine

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 99

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Scientific name: Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.
USDA symbol: SHCA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Russet Buffaloberry
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Family (APG): Elaeagnaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Leaves chewed and spit out by hunter to stop a wounded deer from running.

RECRD: 12629 id: 37866

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