Rosaceae Sorbus sitchensis M. Roemer

Western Mountainash

Bella Coola - Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 210

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Scientific name: Sorbus sitchensis M. Roemer
USDA symbol: SOSIS2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Mountainash
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Bella Coola
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (Internal)
Notes: Infusion of root and branch bark taken for rheumatism.

RECRD: 47891 id: 38568

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