Rosaceae Geum macrophyllum Willd.

Largeleaf Avens

Salish, Coast - Other, Protection

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 86

View all documented uses for Geum macrophyllum Willd.

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Scientific name: Geum macrophyllum Willd.
USDA symbol: GEMAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Largeleaf Avens
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Protection
Notes: Leaves eaten before seeing a dying person for protection from germs.

RECRD: 47628 id: 15906

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