Araliaceae Oplopanax horridus Miq.
Devilsclub
Salish, Coast - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 78
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Oplopanax horridus Miq.
Scientific name: Oplopanax horridus Miq.
USDA symbol: OPHO (
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Common names: Devilsclub
Family: Araliaceae
Family (APG): Araliaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of pounded, boiled roots used for rheumatism.
RECRD: 47503 id: 24528