Cupressaceae Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
Western Redcedar
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Tonic
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 20
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Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
Scientific name: Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
USDA symbol: THPL (
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Common names: Western Redcedar
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Weak infusion of boughs taken as a sweathouse tonic.
RECRD: 12114 id: 40139