Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco

Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 34

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Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco
USDA symbol: PSMEG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of first year growth shoots taken as an emetic for high fevers.

RECRD: 12203 id: 31235

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