Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco
Douglas Fir
Kwakiutl - Drug, Antidiarrheal
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 270
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Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco
Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEM (
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Common names: Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Cold, compound infusion of burned, pulverized bark taken for diarrhea.
RECRD: 92734 id: 31172