Betulaceae Alnus rubra Bong.
Red Alder
Kwakiutl - Drug, Respiratory 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 279
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Alnus rubra Bong.
Scientific name: Alnus rubra Bong.
USDA symbol: ALRU2 (
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Common names: Red Alder
Family: Betulaceae
Family (APG): Betulaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Respiratory Aid
Notes: Infusion of bark taken for tuberculosis and asthma.
RECRD: 80946 id: 2522