Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Malecite - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

Use documented by:
Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 256

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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: Malecite
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Infusion of root shoots used for smallpox.

RECRD: 44141 id: 16859

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