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California Buckeye

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California Buckeye
Paregien Ranch
March 20, 2009


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Dry Creek
May 9, 2009


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California Buckeye
Greasy Creek
May 11, 2009

Native uses: flowers poisonous to bees; crushed unripe seeds used to stupify fish; ripe seeds bitter and poisonous; leaves steeped into a tea for relief of lung congestion and varicose veins; ripe seeds were buried in swampy, cold ground during winter to release bitter and toxic aspects, then boiled and eaten in spring.

Posted by John Dofflemyer on March 20, 2009 6:30 AM |

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