Polypodiaceae Polypodium glycyrrhiza D.C. Eat.

Licorice Fern

Oweekeno - Drug, Cough Medicine

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 59

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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: Oweekeno
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Rhizomes chewed for coughs.

RECRD: 60776 id: 29006

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