Polypodiaceae Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat.

Licorice Fern

Bella Coola - Drug, Oral Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196

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Scientific name: Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat.
USDA symbol: POGL8 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Licorice Fern
Family: Polypodiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Oral Aid
Notes: Rhizomes chewed to flavor the mouth.

RECRD: 47725 id: 28979

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