Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Okanagon - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 40

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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: Okanagon
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of roots taken as a purgative.

RECRD: 87329 id: 16886