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Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Gosiute Drug, Unspecified
Leaves used as medicine.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 373
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Hesquiat Drug, Poison
Leaves could be poisonous and should never be used to make tea.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 65
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Kwakiutl Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of leaves taken for 'spitting of blood.'
Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 380
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Kwakiutl Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of leaves taken for blood spitting.
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 283
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Kwakiutl Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Decoction of leaves taken for spitting of blood.
Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 380
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Kwakiutl Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of leaves used as a wash for open sores and wounds that do not heal.
Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 382
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Kwakiutl Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of leaves used as a wash for open sores and wounds.
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 283
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Kwakiutl Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of leaves used as wash for open sores and wounds that do not heal.
Boas, Franz, 1966, Kwakiutl Ethnography, Chicago. University of Chicago Press, page 380
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Decoction of plant used medicinally.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 465
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
USDA KAPO
Tlingit Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of whole plant used for skin ailments.
Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 284