Pinaceae Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas Fir

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 14

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Scientific name: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
USDA symbol: PSMEM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas Fir
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Needles used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 92771 id: 31290

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