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Cardiolepis obtusaRaf.Rhamnus alnifoliaPurshRhamnus purshianaDC.Rhamnus purshianavar.hirtellaSchelle Frangula purshiana(cascara,cascara buckthorn,cascara sagrada,bearberry, and in theChinook Jargon,chittem stickandchitticum stick;syn.Rhamnus purshiana) is a species of plant in the familyRhamnaceae. It is native to westernNorth Americafrom southernBritish Columbiasouth to centralCalifornia, and eastward to northwesternMontana. The dried bark of cascara was used as alaxativeinfolk medicineby theindigenous peoplesof thePacific Northwest, and later worldwide in conventional medicines until 2002.