Rosaceae Sorbus sitchensis M. Roemer

Western Mountainash

Bella Coola - Other, Insecticide

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: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Berries rubbed on the scalp for lice.

RECRD: 47889 id: 38570

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