| Latin name: | Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medik. |
| Botanical family: | Rosaceae |
| Growth habit: | Tree |
| Vernacular name(s): | shadbush, serviceberry (Eng.)
amélanchier du Canada (Fr.)
gizigwa'kominaga'wûnj (Ojibwa) |
| Uses: | | • | Roots : | Steeped and taken to slow heavy menstrual flow [Ojibwa 47]. Decoction combined with roots of cherry and young oak taken to treat dysentery; [Ojibwa 47]. | | • | Bark : | Decoction combined with pin cherry, choke cherry and wild cherry taken to treat "female diseases" [Ojibwa 47]. | | • | Inner bark : | Decoction used as a disinfectant [Ojibwa 47]. |
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