O-toos-pie root - Specimen details

O-toos-pie root - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 77531

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Plant Name 159.01 BETULACEAE Alnus sp Entry Book Number 21.1983
Artefact Name O-toos-pie root Vernacular Name
Iso Country Canada TDWG Region Canada
Parts Held O-toos-pie root Geography Description Hudson's Bay, Canada
Uses O-toos-pie rootUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No
Donor Date 22/08/1983 Donor Notes Savage Dr, donated 1885
Collector Collector No
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Notes: Note reads: ''The Indians take about 1 lb of the fresh root & boil in a quart of water & take about 1/3 pint at a dose, it is a purgative.'' Note from Jodrell Laboratory (1985) reads: W/ / /85PG, Matches ref. material of Alnus sp root. See medical Botan, y, Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, Wiley 1977, p. 273, p. 344. A. Rubra (red alder) W.N. America and A. rugosa (hazel alder) E. N. America. Barks are used by Indians to relieve indigestion as tonics and alternatives and in large doses as emetics.'' Vernacular name a, nd geography appear to match entry for green alder (Alnus viridis) in Marles et al (2000) (vernacular name given as atospiah in Cree). Card catalogue entry filed under 'Native Name Only - Roots.'

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