Onagraceae Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

Fireweed

Kwakiutl - Drug, Cancer Treatment

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 287

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Scientific name: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
USDA symbol: CHANA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fireweed
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cancer Treatment
Notes: Poultice of seeds, down and oil applied to wound after cutting open the tumor.

RECRD: 85429 id: 9297

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