Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson

Mountain Woodfern

Hesquiat - Drug, Cancer Treatment

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29

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Scientific name: Dryopteris campyloptera Clarkson
USDA symbol: DRCA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mountain Woodfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Hesquiat
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cancer Treatment
Notes: Young shoots used cancer of the womb.

RECRD: 500 id: 12691

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