Pinaceae Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
White Spruce
Shuswap - Drug, Toothache Remedy
Use documented by:
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 51
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Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
Scientific name: Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
USDA symbol: PIGL (
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Common names: White Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Shuswap
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Toothache Remedy
Notes: Hard pitch chewed to clean the teeth.
RECRD: 91295 id: 26991