Orchidaceae Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.

Western Rattlesnake Plantain

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Reproductive Aid

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 52

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Scientific name: Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.
USDA symbol: GOOB2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Rattlesnake Plantain
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Reproductive Aid
Notes: Leaves split open and blown on several times by women wishing to become pregnant.

RECRD: 12262 id: 16090

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