Pinaceae Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.

Sitka Spruce

Kwakiutl - Drug, Cough Medicine

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 269

View all documented uses for Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.

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Scientific name: Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
USDA symbol: PISI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sitka Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Bud extract or pitch and grease taken for coughs.

RECRD: 91324 id: 27206

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