Apiaceae Osmorhiza berteroi DC.

Sweetcicely

Bella Coola - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 201

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Scientific name: Osmorhiza berteroi DC.
USDA symbol: OSBE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sweetcicely
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Infusion of ground root pieces taken as a purgative.

RECRD: 47797 id: 24932

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