Araliaceae Oplopanax horridus Miq.

Devilsclub

Kwakiutl - Drug, Laxative

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 278

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Scientific name: Oplopanax horridus Miq.
USDA symbol: OPHO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Devilsclub
Family: Araliaceae
Family (APG): Araliaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Root held in the mouth and juice swallowed for constipation.

RECRD: 90453 id: 24490

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