Pinaceae Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.
Lodgepole Pine
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
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Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.
Scientific name: Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud.
USDA symbol: PICOC (
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Common names: Lodgepole Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Decoction of buds and pitch taken for coughs.
RECRD: 91384 id: 27429