Asclepiadaceae Asclepias speciosa Torr.

Showy Milkweed

Thompson - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470

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Scientific name: Asclepias speciosa Torr.
USDA symbol: ASSP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Showy Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Thompson
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.'

RECRD: 82648 id: 6253

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