Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.
Common names: Red Baneberry
Species details (USDA):
USDA ACRUR2
Documented uses
22 uses documented
Alaska Native
Drug, Poison
detail...
(Heller, Christine A.,
1953,
Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska,
University of Alaska,
pages 149)
Algonquin
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Bradley, Will T.,
1936,
Medical Practices of the New England Aborigines,
Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association 25(2):138-147,
pages 142)
Blackfoot
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 34)
Blackfoot
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 34)
Blackfoot
Drug, Veterinary Aid
detail...
(Johnston, Alex,
1987,
Plants and the Blackfoot,
Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society,
pages 34)
Cheyenne
Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 33)
Cheyenne
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 33)
Cheyenne
Drug, Dietary Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 33)
Cheyenne
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 8)
Cheyenne
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 22)
Chippewa
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1928,
Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379,
pages 358)
Cree, Hudson Bay
Drug, Cathartic
detail...
(Holmes, E.M.,
1884,
Medicinal Plants Used by Cree Indians, Hudson's Bay Territory,
The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 15:302-304,
pages 303)
Cree, Woodlands
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 25)
Eskimo, Arctic
Drug, Poison
detail...
(Porsild, A.E.,
1953,
Edible Plants of the Arctic,
Arctic 6:15-34,
pages 17)
Ojibwa
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 382)
Ojibwa
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 382)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 201)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 201)
Potawatomi
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 74)
Thompson
Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 245)
Thompson
Drug, Poison
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 245)
Thompson
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.,
1990,
Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia,
Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum,
pages 245)