Rosaceae Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
True Mountain Mahogany
Isleta - Dye, Red
Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25
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Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
Scientific name: Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
USDA symbol: CEMOM4 (
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Common names: True Mountain Mahogany
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Red
Notes: Root bark, alder root bark and wild plum root bark used to make a red dye for buckskin.
RECRD: 30594 id: 8940