Apiaceae Osmorhiza berteroi DC.
Sweetcicely
Kwakiutl - Drug, Emetic
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 277
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Osmorhiza berteroi DC.
Scientific name: Osmorhiza berteroi DC.
USDA symbol: OSBE (
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Common names: Sweetcicely
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Seeds and roots used as an emetic.
RECRD: 90534 id: 24948