Ericaceae Pterospora andromedea Nutt.

Woodland Pinedrops

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Venereal Aid

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 102

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Scientific name: Pterospora andromedea Nutt.
USDA symbol: PTAN2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woodland Pinedrops
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Infusion of roots taken for gonorrhea.

RECRD: 12646 id: 31581

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