Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Aleut - Drug, Orthopedic Aid

Use documented by:
Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 425

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Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Aleut
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Orthopedic Aid
Notes: Poultice of heated leaves applied to sore muscles.

RECRD: 87298 id: 16776

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