Asteraceae Cirsium sp.
Kwakiutl - Drug, Oral Aid
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 278
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Cirsium sp.
Scientific name: Cirsium sp.
Common names:
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Oral Aid
Notes: Dried outer root held in the mouth for cankers and gum sores.
RECRD: 84144 id: 10012