Apiaceae Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose

Bigseed Biscuitroot

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Pediatric 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 69

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Scientific name: Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: LOMA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bigseed Biscuitroot
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Poultice of pounded roots applied to the inside of babies mouths for mouth sores or 'thrush.'

RECRD: 12360 id: 20953

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