Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea odorata Ait.
American White Waterlily
Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Poison
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 110
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Nymphaea odorata Ait.
Scientific name: Nymphaea odorata Ait.
USDA symbol: NYODO (
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Common names: American White Waterlily
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Family (APG): Nymphaeaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Roots considered poisonous.
RECRD: 12724 id: 24164