Rubiaceae Galium sp.

Bedstraw

Cowichan - Other, Cleaning Agent

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 88

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Scientific name: Galium sp.
Common names: Bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae
Family (APG): Rubiaceae
Native American Tribe: Cowichan
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cleaning Agent
Notes: Plants rubbed on the hands to take pitch off.

RECRD: 47671 id: 15507

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