Ericaceae Monotropa hypopithys L.
Pinesap
Kwakiutl - Drug, Love Medicine
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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Monotropa hypopithys L.
Scientific name: Monotropa hypopithys L.
USDA symbol: MOHY3 (
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Common names: Pinesap
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Plant used in a love potion.
RECRD: 90005 id: 23419