Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Micmac - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

Use documented by:
Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 57

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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: Micmac
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Root used for smallpox and cholera.

RECRD: 87326 id: 16873