Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Malecite - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Use documented by:
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 256
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Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (
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Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Malecite
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Infusion used for cholera.
RECRD: 44142 id: 16860