Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Mewuk - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366

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Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Mewuk
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of mashed roots applied to swellings.

RECRD: 6798 id: 16870

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