Salicaceae Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera

Balsam Poplar

Menominee - Drug, Cold Remedy

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 52

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Scientific name: Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera
USDA symbol: POBAB2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Balsam Poplar
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Decoction of resinous buds in fat used in the nostrils for a headcold.

RECRD: 92175 id: 29258

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