Ericaceae Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Bog Laurel
Gosiute - Drug, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 373
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Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Scientific name: Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
USDA symbol: KAPO (
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Common names: Bog Laurel
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves used as medicine.
RECRD: 4626 id: 19282