Pinaceae Picea glauca (Moench) Voss

White Spruce

Algonquin, Quebec - Drug, Laxative

Use documented by:
Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 126

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Scientific name: Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
USDA symbol: PIGL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Algonquin, Quebec
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Gum chewed as a laxative.

RECRD: 11026 id: 26885

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