Araliaceae Aralia nudicaulis L.

Wild Sarsaparilla

Kwakiutl - Drug, Cough Medicine

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 277

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Scientific name: Aralia nudicaulis L.
USDA symbol: ARNU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Sarsaparilla
Family: Araliaceae
Family (APG): Araliaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Roasted, beaten, broken roots and grease taken for coughing.

RECRD: 81580 id: 4046

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