Fabaceae Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.

American Vetch

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Ceremonial 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 106

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Scientific name: Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.
USDA symbol: VIAMA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Vetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Infusion of tops used as a bathing solution in the sweathouse.

RECRD: 12678 id: 43196

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