Fucaceae Fucus gardneri Silva

Bladderwrack Kelp

Kwakiutl, Southern - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

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 260

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Scientific name: Fucus gardneri Silva
Common names: Bladderwrack Kelp
Family: Fucaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Plants used to make a steambath for rheumatism and general sickness.

RECRD: 46923 id: 15396