Aceraceae Acer macrophyllum Pursh

Bigleaf Maple

Kwakiutl, Southern - Other, Musical Instrument

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 296

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Scientific name: Acer macrophyllum Pursh
USDA symbol: ACMA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bigleaf Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Musical Instrument
Notes: Wood used to carve rattles.

RECRD: 47036 id: 498