| Latin name: | Cornus alternifolia L. f. |
| Botanical family: | Cornaceae |
| Growth habit: | Tree |
| Vernacular name(s): | dogwood (Eng.)
cornouiller à feuilles alternes (Fr.)
muns-mins, moso'mîc, muj'omij' (Ojibwa) |
| Uses: | | • | Bark : | Used as an eye bath [Chippewa 85]. Decoction used as an emetic, in cough and fever [44]. | | • | Inner bark : | Used as an emetic [Ojibwa 87]. | | • | Roots : | Alone or mixed with Cornus sericea and Alnus incana in a decoction used as a wash or compress to treat sore eyes [Ojibwa 47]. |
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