Ericaceae Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.

Kinnikinnick

Kwakiutl - Drug, Narcotic

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 282

View all documented uses for Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.

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Scientific name: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
USDA symbol: ARUV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kinnikinnick
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Narcotic
Notes: Leaves smoked as a narcotic.

RECRD: 81797 id: 4593

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