Crassulaceae Sedum spathulifolium Hook.

Broadleaf Stonecrop

Songish - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 81

View all documented uses for Sedum spathulifolium Hook.

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Scientific name: Sedum spathulifolium Hook.
USDA symbol: SESPS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Broadleaf Stonecrop
Family: Crassulaceae
Family (APG): Crassulaceae
Native American Tribe: Songish
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Leaves chewed by women in their ninth month of pregnancy to facilitate childbearing.

RECRD: 47544 id: 37636

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