Salicaceae Salix fuscescens Anderss.

Alaska Bog Willow

Eskimo, Western - Drug, Eye Medicine

Use documented by:
Lantis, Margaret, 1959, Folk Medicine and Hygiene, Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 8:1-75, page 60

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Scientific name: Salix fuscescens Anderss.
USDA symbol: SAFU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Alaska Bog Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Western
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Cotton used by old men in inner corner of eye for watery sore eye.

RECRD: 94360 id: 35847

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