Apocynaceae Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

Spreading Dogbane

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Love Medicine

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 72

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Scientific name: Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
USDA symbol: APAN2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spreading Dogbane
Family: Apocynaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Leaves chewed and the juice and pulp swallowed or dried leaves smoked as an aphrodisiac.

RECRD: 12380 id: 3764

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