Rosaceae Fragaria vesca L.

Woodland Strawberry

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Disinfectant

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 125

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Scientific name: Fragaria vesca L.
USDA symbol: FRVEV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woodland Strawberry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Leaf powder applied to any open sore as a disinfectant.

RECRD: 12831 id: 14894