Pinaceae Picea rubens Sarg.
Red Spruce
Montagnais - Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315
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Picea rubens Sarg.
Scientific name: Picea rubens Sarg.
USDA symbol: PIRU (
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Common names: Red Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Montagnais
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Compound decoction of bark taken for lung trouble.
RECRD: 91306 id: 27140