Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

Western Brackenfern

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Poison

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 18

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Scientific name: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Common names: Western Brackenfern
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Fronds considered poisonous when mature and known to contain carcinogenic substances.

RECRD: 12083 id: 31486

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