Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volk. ex Schinz & R. Keller

American Bulrush

Kwakiutl - Drug, Pediatric Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 272

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Scientific name: Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volk. ex Schinz & R. Keller
USDA symbol: SCAM6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Bulrush
Family: Cyperaceae
Family (APG): Cyperaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Grass and oil used on child's head to make the hair grow long and thick.

RECRD: 94998 id: 37435

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