Ericaceae Menziesia ferruginea Sm.

Rusty Menziesia

Kwakiutl - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 283

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Scientific name: Menziesia ferruginea Sm.
USDA symbol: MEFE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rusty Menziesia
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of heated leaves applied to sores and swellings.

RECRD: 89735 id: 22959

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