Lupinus littoralis Dougl. Seashore Lupine USDA LULI2 |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Unspecified Roots peeled and eaten raw. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 249 |
Lupinus littoralis Dougl. Seashore Lupine USDA LULI2 |
Kwakiutl Drug, Pediatric Aid Root ash rubbed into a newborn baby's cradle to make infant sleep well. 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 284 |
Lupinus littoralis Dougl. Seashore Lupine USDA LULI2 |
Kwakiutl Drug, Sedative Root ash rubbed into a newborn baby's cradle to make infant sleep well. 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 284 |
Lupinus littoralis Dougl. Seashore Lupine USDA LULI2 |
Kwakiutl, Southern Food, Unspecified Fleshy taproots eaten raw, boiled or steamed in spring. If eaten raw, these roots caused dizziness. Therefore, they were usually eaten raw only before bedtime in the evening. 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 284 |