Myrica gale L.
Common names: Sweetgale
Species details (USDA):
USDA MYGA
Documented uses
8 uses documented
Bella Coola
Drug, Diuretic
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 55)
Bella Coola
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Smith, Harlan I.,
1929,
Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia,
National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68,
pages 55)
Bella Coola
Drug, Venereal Aid
detail...
(Turner, Nancy J.,
1973,
The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia,
Syesis 6:193-220,
pages 206)
Cree, Woodlands
Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
detail...
(Leighton, Anna L.,
1985,
Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 46)
Ojibwa
Dye, Brown
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 425)
Ojibwa
Dye, Yellow
detail...
(Jenness, Diamond,
1935,
The Ojibwa Indians of Parry Island, Their Social and Religious Life,
National Museums of Canada Bulletin #78, Anthropological Series #17,
pages 114)
Potawatomi
Food, Preservative
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 121)
Potawatomi
Other, Insecticide
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1933,
Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230,
pages 121)