Anacardiaceae Rhus typhina L.

Staghorn Sumac

Malecite - Drug, Cough Medicine

Use documented by:
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 251

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Scientific name: Rhus typhina L.
USDA symbol: RHHI2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Staghorn Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae
Family (APG): Anacardiaceae
Native American Tribe: Malecite
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Used with blackberry roots, mountain holly, lily roots and mountain raspberry roots for coughs.

RECRD: 44106 id: 33276

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