Pinaceae Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.

Balsam Fir

Potawatomi - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 121

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Scientific name: Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.
USDA symbol: ABBA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Balsam Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Needles used to make pillows, believing that the aroma kept one from having a cold.

RECRD: 385 id: 111

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