Fabaceae Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn.

Giant Vetch

Saanich - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 85

View all documented uses for Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn.

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Scientific name: Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea (Hook.) Lassetter & Gunn.
USDA symbol: VINIG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Giant Vetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Saanich
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Infusion of pounded roots used as a hair tonic for falling hair and dandruff.

RECRD: 47612 id: 43222

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