Caprifoliaceae Lonicera utahensis S. Wats.

Utah Honeysuckle

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Blood Medicine

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 94

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Scientific name: Lonicera utahensis S. Wats.
USDA symbol: LOUT2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Utah Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Infusion of branches taken as a tonic to 'change the blood' in the spring and fall.

RECRD: 12563 id: 21236