Indigenous

 

Food and Medicinal Uses:

Leaves and flowers foam when rubbed with water, and used as soap and shampoo. Medicine for dandruff.

Used for many other medicines, including diarrhea.

Made into a wash for eczema and hemorrhoids.

 

Other Uses:

Wood is extremely hard and strong, and was used for implements such as netting shuttles, combs, cooking sticks, knitting needles, and needles for making bulrush mats.

 

CAUTION: Berries are poisonous.